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Zoology

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

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enterocoelia

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Group of animals, including the echinodermata, chaetognata, hemichordata and chordata, of which the primary distinguishing morphological characteristic is the body cavity or ...

epifauna

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Those living organisms that inhibit the surface of water and sediments

epithelium

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Is a group of cells covering a surface. One of the four main tissue types; covers the body surface and lines the body cavities, ducts, and vessels

epizoa

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Commensal animal living as ectoparasites on other animals

eutely

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The peculiar feature of having a constant number of cells in the body, the number being characteristic for each species but varying among species (many Loricifera, Nematoda and ...

extracellular matrix (ecm)

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A meshwork of secreted molecules that act as a scaffold and glue that anchors cells within multicellular organisms

fissipary

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Capacity of forming entire new organisms out of a fragmented body part; see also alotony