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Search Results for: molluscs

Primitive Animals

Incorrect taxonomic classifications deemed organisms to be either animals or plants, in the Plantae or Animalia kingdoms... Read More

Kingdom Animalia

Kingdom Animalia Definition Each person can say that they know of or can name at least one animal. However, do people know... Read More

Animal

Animal Definition An animal (plural: animals) refers to any of the eukaryotic multicellular organisms of the biological... Read More

Embryology

Embryology Definition Embryology is a branch of biology that deals with the topics concerning gamete formation... Read More

Dinoflagellate

A dinoflagellate is a flagellate algae characterized by their two flagella of unequal length. One of the flagella is lying... Read More

Retina

retina light sensitive layer of the eye. In vertebrates, looking from outside, there are four major cell layers: (i) the... Read More

Chitin

Definition noun plural: chitin chi·tin, ˈkaɪtɪn (1) A polymer of nitrogen-containing polysaccharide (C8H13O5N)n... Read More

Incisura

Definition noun, plural: incisurae A notch; an indent; a small hollow Supplement Incisura is a Latin word for incisure... Read More

Metamorphosis

Definition noun, plural: metamorphoses (1) (biology) A change in the form and often habits of an animal after the embryonic... Read More

Amoebocyte

Amoebocyte (Science: organism) phagocytic cell found circulating in the body cavity of coelomates (particularly annelids and... Read More

Hemocyanin

Hemocyanin --> haemocyanin (Science: chemical) blue, oxygen transporting, copper containing protein found in the blood of... Read More

Osmotrophy

Definition noun The process of taking in of dissolved organic compounds that are absorbed into the cells via extracellular... Read More

Arthropods

There are over two million species of arthropods, who initially arrived on Earth in the middle of the Cambrian period.... Read More