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Ec[000000]LBf[16]abdominal flapB
A fold of skin on a bird's ventral side that is used to warm its young.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBaberrantB
Not in accordance with type; different from what is normal or typical.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBaboralB
Opposite the mouth.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBacellularB
Not considered as cells but as complete organisms.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBaerialB
Preferring to be airborne.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBaffiliationB
Association.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBaltricialB
Designating birds that are hatched immature and helpless. The chicks are confined to the nest for some time after hatching.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBalveoliB
Small pits or hollows on an organ's surface.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBambiguitiesB
Uncertainties; things that are unclear.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBamnioteB
Having a fluid-filled membrane.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBancestorB
An individual from whom one is descended.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBanecdotalB
Pertaining to short narratives of amusing, interesting, or biographical incidents.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBannelidB
A segmented worm.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBanteriorB
Toward the front.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBantidiureticB
Working against dehydration.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBapparatusB
An organ whose design leads to a specific function.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBaquaticB
Pertaining to water.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBarbitraryB
Not predetermined, but based on choice.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBarchetypeB
An original from which others may derive.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBassemblageB
A collection of persons or things.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBautonomicB
Self-governing or involuntary, as the autonomic nervous system.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBautotrophB
An organism that manufactures its own food.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBavocetB
A long-legged shore bird with an upward-curving bill.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBbinocular visionB
Stereoscopic vision, or vision using two eyes or eyepieces at once.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBbinomialB
Having two names.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBbiochemicalB
Pertaining to the chemistry of living organisms.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBbivalveB
An animal with a shell consisting of two valves hinged together.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBblastoporeB
An opening into the gastrulan cavity.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBblastulationB
The formation of a hollow ball of cells.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBboisterousB
Loud, noisy, or undisciplined.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBbotanistB
One who studies plant life.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBbotanyB
The study of plant life.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBbrackishB
Containing some salt.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBbronchiB
Tubes that connect the trachea with the lungs.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBbuoyancyB
The tendency to float in water.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBbustardB
An Australian game bird. Bustards are stocky birds that run along the ground.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcamouflageB
To conceal or disguise; or an appearance that tends to conceal or disguise.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcapillariesB
A network of minute blood vessels.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcarrionB
Dead, decaying flesh.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcasqueB
A fleshy swelling on top of a bird's beak or bill.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcategorizeB
To classify, or separate into groups of similar things.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcelluloseB
The chief structural material of green plants.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcentrioleB
An organelle adjacent to the nucleus.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcephalopodB
A mollusc with a well-developed head, such as an octopus or squid.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcerebellumB
The fourth division of the brain. It governs muscular coordination.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBchemoreceptorB
A cell or organ sensitive to chemical change.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBchitinB
A shell-forming polysaccharide, such as that found in insect exoskeletons.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBchitonB
An elongated, hard-shelled marine mollusc.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBchloroplastB
An organelle containing chlorophyll that is found inside a plant cell.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBchromosomeB
A body in the cell nucleus that contains nucleoproteins.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBciliaB
Short, hair-like projections.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBciliateB
Having cilia.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcircumpolarB
Pertaining to the area encircling or near the Arctic or Antarctic Circles.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcnidarianB
A coelenterate having nematocysts, or stinging devices, on its tentacles.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcoloniesB
Collections of organisms living together.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcolorationB
A pattern of colors that characterizes a species.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcolumbidB
A dove or pigeon.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcommunalB
Shared by all members of a community.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcompartmentalizationB
Division into separate units or sections.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBconeB
A retinal cell that makes color vision possible.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBconstituentB
Component; a part or unit that helps make up a whole.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcontractileB
Capable of contracting.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBconventionB
Custom; standard usage.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBconvergent evolutionB
The development of similar morphology in different species that occupy the same niche.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcorneaB
The transparent anterior covering of the eye.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcoronaB
The rounded upper portion of the body.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcountershadedB
Having lighter color on the ventral side and darker color on the dorsal side.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcoupletB
Two successive lines of poetry.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcourtship displayB
A set of behaviors exhibited to entice a mate.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcraniumB
The skull.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcrepuscularB
Pertaining to, or active during, dusk or dawn.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcriterionB
A standard on which a decision can be based.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcropB
The pouch in a bird's gullet where digestion begins.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcrossopterygianB
An ancient bony fish, probably the ancestor of land animals.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcrustaceanB
A gill-breathing arthropod that usually has two pairs of antennae and a hard outer shell.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcrypticB
Describes coloration or behavior that is designed to conceal or camouflage an animal.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcullB
To select and remove as unsuitable.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcuticleB
The outermost epidermic layer.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcyclostomeB
Jawless fish; lampreys and hagfish.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcygnetB
A young swan.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcytologicalB
Relating to the structure and function of cells.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcytoplasmB
The protoplasm of a cell.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBdeciduous forestB
A forest composed mainly of broad-leaved trees that shed regularly.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBdecoyB
An artificial lure.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBdecurvedB
Curved downward.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBdeduceB
To infer from general principle; to reason to a logical conclusion based on known principles or facts.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBdeoxygenateB
To remove oxygen from.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBdichotomousB
Divided into two parts.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBdioeciousB
Having male sexual organs in one individual of a species and female organs in another.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBdispersionB
Separation or scattering.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBdistensibleB
Capable of expanding.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBdiurnalB
Pertaining to, or active during, daylight hours.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBdivergentB
Differing from each other.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBdomesticatedB
Living in intimate association with humans.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBdorsalB
On or pertaining to the back.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBdrakeB
A male duck.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBdynamicB
Changing; not remaining constant.
Ec[000000