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Terms in relation to animals, such as mammals, birds, reptiles or fish.
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Abdominal ganglia
Zoology; Zoological terms
( ARTHRO ) Ganglia of the ventral nerve cord that innervate the abdomen, each giving off a pair of principal nerves to the muscl es of the segment; located between the alimentary cana l and the large ...
Abapical
Zoology; Zoological terms
1. Pertains to the opposite of apical and thus the lower po le of spherical organisms. 2. ( MOLL: Gastropoda) Away from the shell apex toward base along axis or slightly oblique to it
Abdominal somite
Zoology; Zoological terms
( ARTHRO: Crustacea) Any single division of the body between the thorax and telson; a pleomere; a pleonite.
Abdominal process
Zoology; Zoological terms
( ARTHRO: Crustacea) In Branchiopoda, fingerlike projections on the do rsal surface of the abdomen.
Abcauline
Zoology; Zoological terms
( CNID: Hydrozoa) Per- taining to polyps that extend outwards from the common stem.
Abductin
Zoology; Zoological terms
( MOLL: Bivalvia) Rub- ber-like block of protein of the inner hinge ligament of Pecten
Abaxial
Zoology; Zoological terms
Refers to being situated outside of or directed away from the axis or central line.
