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04/30/2011

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musk
Definition
foul-odored secretion from musk gland
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arboreal
Definition
tree snake
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bract
Definition
group of leaves
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inflorescence
Definition
cluster of flowers
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nectary
Definition
nectar gland
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reduced perianth
Definition
lack of petals/sepals
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incomplete/imperfect
Definition
missing parts
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stamenate
Definition
male flower
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pistilate
Definition
female flower
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monecious
Definition
"one house", both sexes on one plant
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exoskeleton
Definition
cuticle
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spiracles
Definition
openings in body for respiration
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sexual dimorphism
Definition
different characteristics for male and female
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pronotal hump
Definition
humps on pronotum of thorax
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troglobyte, troglophile, trogloxene
Definition
cave living
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Prokaryote
Definition
no membrane bound organelles
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endophyte
Definition
living inside another organism
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photobiont
Definition
organism that provides food in a symbiotic relationships
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prosoma/opisthosoma
Definition
first body section / last body section
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chilicerae
Definition
mouth parts, ventrally located
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pedipalps
Definition
sensory structures, can also be used for sperm transfer
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spinnerets
Definition
finger-like protrusions that produce silk
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cribellum/cribellate silk
Definition
"fuzzy" silk
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secondary growth
Definition
growth widthwise
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xylem parasite
Definition
attaches to xylem, obtains water and nutrients
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hemiparasite
Definition
obtains only half of its food/nutrition through parasitism
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desiccation tollerant
Definition
can survive water loss
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viscen
Definition
sticky fiber that allows seeds to stick to something and be "planted"
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ornithochory
Definition
dispersal of seeds by birds
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entomophily
Definition
pollination by insects
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obligate
Definition
living only one way
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Carapace
Definition
top half of a turtle shell
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plastron
Definition
bottom half of turtle shell
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scutes
Definition
scales of shell, make of keratin; epidermal scale
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rhizome
Definition
stem of a fern, "root like"
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fronds
Definition
leaves of a fern
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compound leaf
Definition
leaf made w/ leaflets and other parts
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pinnate
Definition
like a feather
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pinna (ae)
Definition
leaflets of ferns
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circinate vernation
Definition
coiled unveiling of fronds; found in fern
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adventitious roots
Definition
roots extend from stem
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epiphite
Definition
tree living
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epiphite
Definition
tree living, esp. in plants
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commensal
Definition
mutually neutral symbiosis
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anchialine
Definition
pools of water near ocean, connected underground
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hypogeal
Definition
under the earth
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brackish
Definition
neither very salty or fresh water
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stratified
Definition
layered
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mixohaline
Definition
mix of saltiness
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microphagus
Definition
feed on microbes
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lignicolous
Definition
wood loving
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saprobe
Definition
feeds on dead material
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phytocarnivory
Definition
carnivory in a plant
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passive trap
Definition
non moving trap
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adhesive trap
Definition
secreted by glandular trichomes (adhesive = mucilage)
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altricial
Definition
babies are born helpless
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precocial
Definition
born able to to fend for themselves, to an extent
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crepuscular
Definition
active at dawn and dusk
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pinna (-ae)
Definition
large ears for hearing and thermoregulation
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vibrissae
Definition
'whiskers' for sensing the environment
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philtrum
Definition
split lips to manipulate food
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cophrophagy
Definition
eating feces
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cecotrophy
Definition
eating feces to get remaining nutrients
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fossorial
Definition
digging
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domestic
Definition
subject to artificial selection
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feral
Definition
domestic to wild
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model organism
Definition
model of treatment for human diseases
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imprinting
Definition
learning occurring at a particular age or a particular life stage that is rapid and apparently independent of the consequences of behavior
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syrinx
Definition
vocal box in a bird
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proventriculus and ventriculus
Definition
stomach and gizzard
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elephantine
Definition
elephant-like back legs, for walking (gopher tortoise)
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gular projection
Definition
'headrest' of shell, anterior projection on plasteron
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inquilines
Definition
animal using the home of another animal
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vent
Definition
external opening to cloaca
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paedomorphic
Definition
retaining juvenile characteristics
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lentic/lotic
Definition
still water / flowing water
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ephemeral
Definition
water area dries up (temporary)
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aestivation
Definition
dormancy during dry periods
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lithophilic
Definition
lives on stone
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xerophytic
Definition
adapted to dry conditions
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hydroscopic
Definition
responds quickly to presence of water
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pilos
Definition
fuzzy 'like a blanket' leaves and stems prevent desiccation
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arrhizal
Definition
no roots
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epiphyte
Definition
lives in trees
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plumos
Definition
long hairs attached to seeds
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anemochory
Definition
wind dispersal of seeds
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dehiscent
Definition
dry, opens up (fruit)
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capsule
Definition
opens each 'carple' separately
Term
pendant
Definition
hangs down
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metamorphosis
Definition
dramatic change from juvenile to mature adult
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pheromones
Definition
biological chemical signals
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spermatophore
Definition
packet of sperm deposited on ground
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cutaneous respiration
Definition
respiration through moist, glandular skin
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endemic
Definition
native habitat
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heterophylla
Definition
'different leaves' from young to mature plant
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acicular leaves
Definition
awl shaped leaves
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crypsis
Definition
concealment through color/pattern
Term
aposematism
Definition
advertisement of noxiousness, predation avoidance
Term
unken relex
Definition
toad reflex; arch-back, flip back feet
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quasiterrestrial
Definition
living on land for part of the time
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saltatorial
Definition
adapted to hopping / leaping
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ectothermic
Definition
externally controlled body temperature
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metameric
Definition
segmented (earthworm)
Term
longitudinal/circular muscles
Definition
muscles in worms
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retrose retractable seate
Definition
hairs extending into dirt to help pull the worm along; anchor-pull movement pattern
Term
clitellum
Definition
sex segments behind anterior end of worm
Term
gonopores
Definition
gonads located anterior to clitellum in worms
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rhizomorph
Definition
root form
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pileus
Definition
top of cap of mushroom
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hymenum
Definition
fertile surface of mushroom
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lamella (-ae)
Definition
gills of mushrooom
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stipe
Definition
stem of mushroom
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partial veil
Definition
used to protect gills on mushroom
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annulus
Definition
rings left by partial veil on stipe of mushroom
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basidium
Definition
spore producing body in gills of mushroom
Term
basidiocarp
Definition
mushrooms (spore producers)
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hypha (-ae)
Definition
thread of cells, body of fungus; not mushroom
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mycelium (mycelial fan)
Definition
group of hyphae
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heteroecious
Definition
having different hosts (parasite)
Term
biotroph (-ic)
Definition
feeding on a living host
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gall
Definition
abnormal growth, associated with a parasite
Term
telial horns
Definition
jelly-like projection holding spores (fungi)
Term
autoecious
Definition
having a single type of host
Term
trembling earth
Definition
peat moss creates a new terrestrial habitat, though it is not solid like stone
Term
liana
Definition
vine
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thigmotrophism
Definition
oriented movement in response to touch
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pin
Definition
long pistil, short anthers
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pin
Definition
long pistil, short anthers
Term
thrum
Definition
long stamens, short pistil
Term
heterostyly
Definition
"two styles"; aids in pollination
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heterosis
Definition
hybrid vigor, heterozygous advantage
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herb
Definition
having no woody tissue
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nastic movement
Definition
plant movement without direction
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