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Zoological terms
Terms in relation to animals, such as mammals, birds, reptiles or fish.
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Zoological terms
rattle
Zoology; Zoological terms
Loosely interlocking remnants of shed skin, present on a rattlesnake's tail, that are vibrated to make a rattling sound to deter predators.
reptilia
Zoology; Zoological terms
The class of vertebrates whose members have dry skin with scales and reproduce by amniotic eggs. This class includes snakes, lizards, and alligators.
resident
Zoology; Zoological terms
A nonmigratory species that completes its annual cycle within a fixed area.
reverse migration
Zoology; Zoological terms
A phenomenon in which migrating individuals orient in the direction opposite the normal one for the species at that season
rictal bristles
Zoology; Zoological terms
Stiff, hair-like modified contour feathers that occur in a row and project from each side of the corners of the mouth (ritus).
obligate
Zoology; Zoological terms
Required; also, exhibited by all members of a species without exception.
ondontocetes
Zoology; Zoological terms
A taxonomic suborder of toothed whales; this suborder includes sperm whales, white whales, porpoises, dolphins, and river dolphins.
