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Zoological terms
Terms in relation to animals, such as mammals, birds, reptiles or fish.
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Zoological terms
arthropod
Zoology; Zoological terms
A taxonomic group of animals that includes spiders, crabs, insects, and centipedes and whose bodies posess pairs of jointed limbs and in most cases an exoskeleton or hard exterior covering.
artificial selection
Zoology; Zoological terms
A type of selection in which individuals are chosen (by a breeder) to mate and produce offspring with particular characteristics desired by the breeder.
aspect diversity .
Zoology; Zoological terms
A measure of the variety of the physical appearances of species that live in the same habitat and are hunted by predators that use visual hunting skills to identify and capture prey
auriculars .
Zoology; Zoological terms
A group of feathers that covers the side of a bird's head where the bird's ear openings are located
autonomic nervous system
Zoology; Zoological terms
The part of the vertebrate nervous system that is made up of the motor neurons that innervate the animal's internal organs and that are in most cases not voluntarily controlled by the animal.
autotroph
Zoology; Zoological terms
An organism that acquires energy from their environment (as opposed to acquiring energy via the ingestion of other organisms).
aves
Zoology; Zoological terms
A taxonomic group (class) of vertebrates, also known commonly as 'birds', whose distinguishing characteristics include feathers, endothermy, and the production of amiotic eggs.
