Zoological terms

Zoological terms

Terms in relation to animals, such as mammals, birds, reptiles or fish.

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death rate .

Zoology; Zoological terms

The percentage of newborn dying during a specified interval

definitive plumage

Zoology; Zoological terms

The mature plumage of a bird attained after the molting of all immature plumages. Definitive plumage does not change as the bird ages and is renewed after each molt with identically marked plumage.

The delayed development of a bird's definitive plumage such that the bird reaches sexual maturity before its replaces its immature plumage has been relaced. Occurs more frequently in the males of a ...

delist

Zoology; Zoological terms

To remove an animal or plant species from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife and plants.

delphinidae .

Zoology; Zoological terms

A taxonomic group of marine mammals that includes dolphins and their relatives. The delphinidae, or Family Delphinidae, belong to the Order Cetacea and is the most diverse of all groups of cetaceans

deme

Zoology; Zoological terms

A breeding population or local population that occurs in nature and which consists of similar organisms that interbreed more or less at random.

demographic

Zoology; Zoological terms

A characteristic used to describe some aspect of a population and that can be measured for that population, such as growth rate, age structure, birth rate, and gross reproduction rate.