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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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red bed
Biology; Ecology

Red sedimentary layers of sandstone, silt, and shale colored by iron oxides; often seen in the American Southwest.

waste treatment pond
Biology; Ecology

A shallow lagoon or pond in which agricultural manure and other wastes are broken down by microscopic organisms.

bioculture
Biology; Ecology

Paul Taylor’s term for how humans exploit other living things domesticating animals, force-feeding livestock, etc.

bushel
Biology; Ecology

A dry volume measure of fruit and vegetable products equal to four pecks or eight gallons (2150. 42 cubic inches).

cambium
Biology; Ecology

The cell-generating tissue between the bark and the stem. Usually absent in monocotyledonous (see Monocot) plants.

tapetum lucidum
Biology; Ecology

A reflecting membrane that reprocesses incoming photons. It makes the eyes of cats and other night animals shine.

predator switching
Biology; Ecology

A predator's ability to hunt a different species for prey when its preferred species has declined or disappeared.

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