Search Results for: crab
Horseshoe crab
Definition noun, plural: horseshoe crabs A crab-like marine chelicerate arthropod of the taxonomic family... Read More
Analogous structures
Analogous Structures Definition In evolutionary biology, analogous structures are biological structures having similar or... Read More
Book lungs
Book Lungs Definition Lungs are known as the organs that help organisms breathe. When we think of lungs, we think of the... Read More
Chelicerate
Definition noun, plural: chelicerates Any of the species belonging to the subphylum Chelicerata Supplement The chelicerates... Read More
Gravitaxis
Definition noun A form of taxis characterized by the directional movement of an organism in response to... Read More
Parasitoid
Definition noun, plural: parasitoids An organism that lives on or inside the host at one phase in its life cycle, and... Read More
Triploblastic
Triploblastic Definition A triploblastic animal had three main layers of tissue during embryonic development. The central... Read More
Carcinology
Definition noun A biological discipline that studies crustaceans Supplement Carcinology is a branch of zoology that deals... Read More
Parasite Rex : Inside the Bizarre World of Nature’s Most Dangerous Creatures
Parasite Rex : Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures ... Read More
Hyaline cartilage
Hyaline Cartilage Definition Before we define hyaline cartilage, let us understand what cartilage is. What is cartilage? Is... Read More
Convergent evolution
Convergent evolution definition What is convergent evolution? Convergent evolution is a concept in evolutionary biology... Read More
Commensalism
Commensalism Definition What is commensalism? Literally, commensalism is a Latin word that means ‘to eat at the same... Read More
Convergence
Definition noun (evolutionary biology) The evolutionary process in which the organisms evolve bodily parts that are... Read More
