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Zoological terms
Terms in relation to animals, such as mammals, birds, reptiles or fish.
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osmoregulation
Zoology; Zoological terms
Maintenance of constant internal salt and water concentration in an organism.
osmosis
Zoology; Zoological terms
The movement of water through a semipermeable membrane from an area of high water concentration (low solute concentration) to one of low water concentration (high solute concentration)
parenchyma
Zoology; Zoological terms
Living, loosely packed, thin-walled cells; usually found in plants.
parthenogenesis
Zoology; Zoological terms
Asexual reproduction, or agamogenesis in which the female reproduces its kind without fecundation by the male (Rotifera).
peristalsis
Zoology; Zoological terms
(Gk. paeristaltikos, compressing around) In animals, waves of contraction and relaxation of muscles along the length of a tube, such as those in digestive tract that help move food.
peritrichous
Zoology; Zoological terms
Belonging to protozoa, having flagella distributed over the entire cell surface
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