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Zoology

The scientific study of the animal kingdom, including extinct and possibly mythical beings.

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giant anteater

Zoology; Zoological terms

Giant anteaters are a species of anteaters. This profile explores basic facts about giant anteaters including how they are classified, what they eat, where they live and the ...

vena cava

Zoology; Zoological terms

One of the two large veins that return blood to the heart from the systemic circulation of vertebrates.

ventral scale

Zoology; Zoological terms

Scale on the underside of a snake's body (usually broader than other scales).

vertebrata

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A subphylum of chordates. Members of this subphylum have cartilaginous or bony vertebrae that surround a nerve cord and a skull that protects the brain.

vestigal

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Pertaining to the part of an animal that is in the process of being lost in the course of evolution and is small, imperfectly formed, and serves little or no function.

viscera

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The internal organs, especially those of the great central body cavity.

vocal sac

Zoology; Zoological terms

Soft, baglike structure that inflates and acts as a resonator, amplifying the mating calls of some male frogs and toads.