In zoology, a scale (Ancient Greek: λεπίς, romanized: lepís; Latin: squāma) is a small rigid plate that grows out of an animal's skin to provide protection...
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Joseph Pierce Scale (zoology), a rigid plate which grows out of the skin of various animals Fish scale Reptile scale Snake scale Scale (dermatology),...
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reflectors Photonic crystals Reptile scale Scale (zoology) Scale armour Snake scales Urokotori – Japanese fish scaler Scale Etymonline. Retrieved 28 April 2019...
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Anatomical terms of location Canthus (snake) Fish scale Keratin Moult Reptile scale Snake Scale (zoology) from Latin mentum "chin", not mens "mind" Boulenger...
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segments are referred to as a scutum. Fish scutes Osteoderms Scale (zoology) Snake scales Keratin Skin Skeleton Sawyer, R.H., Knapp, L.W. 2003. Avian Skin...
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In zoology, copulation is animal sexual behavior in which a male introduces sperm into the female's body, especially directly into her reproductive tract...
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drag ratio in gliding flight. Successive close-ups of the scales of a Peacock wing Scale (zoology) External morphology of Lepidoptera Scoble, M.J. (2005)...
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paired and situated just behind the rostral. Nasal scales Rostral scale Snake scales Scale (zoology) Wright AH, Wright AA (1957). Handbook of Snakes of...
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Taxonomic rank (redirect from Rank (zoology))
zoology) Division (in zoology) Subdivision (in zoology) Infradivision (in zoology) Superlegion (in zoology) Legion (in zoology) Sublegion (in zoology)...
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the snout, which are also in contact with the internasals. Snake scales Scale (zoology) Wareham DC (2005). Elsevier's Dictionary of Herpetological and...
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The labial scales are the scales of snakes and other scaled reptiles that border the mouth opening. These do not include the median scales on the upper...
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of "dejection and despair" in Deuteronomy 28:65. Leviathan Millstone Scale (zoology) Related Bible parts: Job 38, Job 39, Job 40, Psalm 74, Psalm 104, Isaiah...
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the chitinous exoskeleton of arthropods. Fish use armour in the form of scales, whether 'cosmoid', 'ganoid' or 'placoid' and in some cases spines, such...
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BBC. Retrieved June 30, 2013. see also [4] Naish, D. (2010). "Tetrapod Zoology: Clubs, spurs, spikes and claws on the hands of birds (part I)". Retrieved...
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This article considers the history of zoology since the theory of evolution by natural selection proposed by Charles Darwin in 1859. Charles Darwin gave...
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"Are Snakes Slimy?". SZGdocent.org. Singapore Zoological Gardens. Retrieved 14 August 2006. "ZooPax Scales Part 3". WhoZoo.org. "General Snake Information"...
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Zoo (redirect from Zoological garden)
exhibition and often bred for conservation purposes. The term zoological garden refers to zoology, the study of animals. The term is derived from the Greek...
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The history of zoology before Charles Darwin's 1859 theory of evolution traces the organized study of the animal kingdom from ancient to modern times...
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Chin shields (category Snake scales)
tail) are called posterior chin shields. Snake scales. Scale (zoology). "Introduction to reptile (snake) scales". Archived from the original on 6 January 2012...
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In scaled reptiles, the ocular scales are those forming the margin of the eye. The name originates from the term oculus which is Latin for 'eye' and, in...
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held for much of the same effect.[citation needed] Tournament species in zoology are those species in which members of one sex (usually males) compete in...
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In zoology, an annulus is an external circular ring. Annuli are commonly found in segmented animals such as earthworms and leeches. The bodies of these...
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Electric ray (redirect from Torpedo (zoology))
The electric rays are a group of rays, flattened cartilaginous fish with enlarged pectoral fins, composing the order Torpediniformes /tɔːrˈpɛdɪnɪfɔːrmiːz/...
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Ruppert, Edward E.; Barnes, Robert D. (1994). "The Molluscs". Invertebrate Zoology (6th ed.). Saunders College Publishing. pp. 436. ISBN 0030266688. Hameed...
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Saint-Aubin-d'Écrosville. This traded as Maison Auzoux. Auzoux also made large scale zoological and botanical models for educational use. The models were called "anatomy...
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Nautilus (redirect from Nautilus (zoology))
mechanisms in the living fossil Nautilus pompilius (Mollusca, Cephalopoda)". Zoology. 115 (1): 1–11. Bibcode:2012Zool..115....1V. doi:10.1016/j.zool.2011.08...
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Kerria lacca (redirect from True lac scale)
Kerriidae, the lac insects. These are in the superfamily Coccoidea, the scale insects. This species is perhaps the most commercially important lac insect...
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Fish (redirect from Fish (zoology))
Performance of a Desert Pupfish, Cyprinodon n. nevadensis". Physiological Zoology. 50 (1): 1–10. doi:10.1086/physzool.50.1.30155710. ISSN 0031-935X. S2CID 82166135...
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Halmus chalybeus (Boisduval) (Coleoptera : Coccinellida)". Thesis (MSc–Zoology (Biological Sciences)) University of Auckland. 105 leaves with illustrations...
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Cricket (insect) (redirect from Cricket (zoology))
include in their diet invertebrate eggs, larvae, pupae, moulting insects, scale insects, and aphids. Many are scavengers and consume various organic remains...
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