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Zoological terms

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

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Zoological terms

herbaceous

Zoology; Zoological terms

Having a stem that remains soft and succulent; not woody.

herbivore

Zoology; Zoological terms

An organism that consumes living plants or their parts.

hermaphroditic

Zoology; Zoological terms

A type of animal in which each individual possesses both male and female reproductive organs.

heterodactyly

Zoology; Zoological terms

Arrangement of the toes in which the inner front toe is turned backward such that two toes point forward and two backward.

muscle

Zoology; Zoological terms

A type of tissue in animals that can contract.

muskeg

Zoology; Zoological terms

A habitat type common in the northern boreal forest that comprises poorly drained wetlands and scattered trees.

mysticetes

Zoology; Zoological terms

A group of cetaceans that includes the filter-feeding whales such as Right whales, the gray whale and rorquals.

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