Biology

Biology

A natural science concerned with the study of life or living matter in all its forms and phenomena, especially in relation to their origin, growth, reproduction, structure, behaviour and evolution.

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mesaxonic foot

Biology; Mammalogy

type of foot structure where the main weight is suppported by a single digit.

metacarpal

Biology; Mammalogy

One of the five long bones connecting the wrist to the fingers.

metatarsal

Biology; Mammalogy

Any one of the bones in the pes between the tarsals and the phalanges, one metatarsal per digit.

milk tooth

Biology; Mammalogy

Any tooth in the deciduous set of mammals with diphyodont dentition. Replaced by permanent teeth.

homodont

Biology; Mammalogy

having teeth that are all essentially similar, usually simple cones (secondary homodonty in odontocete whales)

hoof (pl. hoofs or hooves)

Biology; Mammalogy

The digital keratinization in unguligrade mammals, a horny sheath completely encasing the tip of the phalanx and usually providing the animal's only point of contact wiht the ...