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Zoology
The scientific study of the animal kingdom, including extinct and possibly mythical beings.
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hibernation
Zoology; Zoological terms
State of winter dormancy associated with lowered body temperature and metabolism.
histology
Zoology; Zoological terms
The structure and arrangement of the tissues of organisms; the study of these.
holarctic
Zoology; Zoological terms
Relating to the boigeographic region that includes the northern parts of the Old and New Worlds, and that comprises the Nearctic and Palearctic regions.
holotype
Zoology; Zoological terms
A single individual organism that is selected to represent the standard for a particular taxon and which serves as the standard for the original name and description of the ...
home range
Zoology; Zoological terms
The area that an animal uses in the course of its daily activities. Not necessarily defended.
homeostasis
Zoology; Zoological terms
The process by which an organism maintains constant internal conditions in the face of a varying external environment.
homeothermy
Zoology; Zoological terms
Ability to maintain constant body temperature in the face of fluctuating environmental temperature; warm-blooded.
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