Zoology (/zoʊˈɒlədʒi/ zoh-OL-ə-jee) is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the structure, embryology, classification, habits, and distribution...
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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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A polyp in zoology is one of two forms found in the phylum Cnidaria, the other being the medusa. Polyps are roughly cylindrical in shape and elongated...
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The Journal of Zoology is a scientific journal concerning zoology, the study of animals. It was founded in 1830 by the Zoological Society of London and...
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9426; 30.3056 The Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences is a Russian museum devoted to zoology. It is located...
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outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to zoology: Zoology – study of animals. Zoology, or "animal biology", is the branch of biology that relates...
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A hibernaculum (plural form: hibernacula) (Latin, "tent for winter quarters") is a place in which an animal seeks refuge, such as a bear using a cave to...
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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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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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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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Fly (redirect from Fly (zoology))
Ruppert, Edward E.; Fox, Richard, S.; Barnes, Robert D. (2004). Invertebrate Zoology, 7th edition. Cengage Learning. pp. 735–736. ISBN 978-81-315-0104-7.{{cite...
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In zoology, the epidermis is an epithelium (sheet of cells) that covers the body of a eumetazoan (animal more complex than a sponge). Eumetazoa have a...
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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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A zoological society is a group or organization, often a voluntary association, interested in fields of study related to the animal kingdom. These fields...
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In medieval literature, the ichneumon or echinemon was the enemy of the dragon. When it sees a dragon, the ichneumon covers itself with mud, and closing...
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Synonym (taxonomy) (redirect from Synonym (zoology))
The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name...
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Cannibalism (redirect from Cannibalism in zoology)
"Uterogestation and placentation in elasmobranchs". Journal of Experimental Zoology. 266 (5): 347–367. doi:10.1002/jez.1402660504. Stebbins, Robert C.; Nathan...
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A rosette is a rose-like marking or formation found on the fur and skin of some animals, particularly cats. Rosettes are used to camouflage the animal...
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Frog (redirect from Frog zoology)
defence in the casque-headed tree frog Corythomantis greeningi". Journal of Zoology. 265 (1): 1–8. doi:10.1017/S0952836904005953. S2CID 59449901. Burton, Maurice...
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Zoo (redirect from Zoological garden)
A zoo (short for zoological garden; also called an animal park or menagerie) is a facility in which animals are kept within enclosures for public exhibition...
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Beaver (redirect from Castor (zoology))
the London School of Economics. Beaver drop International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1922). "Opinion 75. Twenty-Seven Generic Names of Protozoa...
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In zoology, a crèche (from a French term for childcare) is an animal behaviour where offspring are cared for as a group by multiple females. Many species...
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Look up zoology in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Zoology is the scientific study of animals. Zoology may also refer to: Zoology (journal), a scientific...
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Larva (redirect from Larva (zoology))
Possible Clues for Understanding the Animal Development and Evolution". Zoological Science. 13 (6): 765–776. doi:10.2108/zsj.13.765 (inactive 2024-04-10)...
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Bear (redirect from Bear (zoology))
salmon stream in coastal British Columbia" (PDF). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 80 (8): 1317–1322. doi:10.1139/Z02-123. Archived (PDF) from the original...
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Amphibian (redirect from Amphibian (zoology))
caecilian of the Early Jurassic". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 158 (6): 285–365. doi:10.3099/0027-4100(2007)158[285:AOEMAL]2.0.CO;2....
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Soil zoology or pedozoology is the study of animals living fully or partially in the soil (soil fauna). The field of study was developed in the 1940s...
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Fox (redirect from Fox (zoology))
vulpes (red fox)". Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Archived from the original on 2019-01-06. Retrieved 2009-08-30. Macdonald...
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