Zoological terms

Zoological terms

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

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enterocoelia

Zoology; Zoological terms

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

epifauna

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Those living organisms that inhibit the surface of water and sediments

epithelium

Zoology; Zoological terms

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

Zoology; Zoological terms

Commensal animal living as ectoparasites on other animals

eutely

Zoology; Zoological terms

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 Rotaria)