Letter A - Zoology dictionary by Futura-Sciences

Alphabetical index

Abattage (bird care) Abattage is a term used in falconry when calming a bird and ...	Aberrant An aberrant group or form of animal or plant diverges from ...
Acari Acari are tiny animals, visible under a microscope, cousins ...	African clawed frog The African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis) is mainly used in ...
African longfin eel According to the French national red list, the African ...	Alar The word 'alar' is used to designate something related or ...
Alar bar An alar bar is a colour marking on wings that contrasts with ...	Alevin An alevin is a very young fish, or even fish larva that ...
Alula In birds, the alula is a set of small feathers attached to ...	Ambulacra The ambulacra is an area of plates linked to ambulacral ...
American Bullfrog Bullfrog – Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw 1802) Order: Anura ...	American foulbrood American foulbrood, also called AFB, is one of the most ...
Ammonite Ammonites are a group of fossil marine animals in the class ...	Amnion An amnion is a membrane in the form of a sack around the ...
Amniote Amniotes are higher vertebrates whose embryo has an amnion. ...	Amphihaline An amphihaline species is a migratory species of which the ...
Amplexus Amplexus is the mating technique of anurans (tail-less ...	Anadromous An anadromous fish lives in the sea but reproduces in ...
Analogy Analogy is the resemblance of structures used for similar ...	Anatidae Anatidae is a group of web-footed birds that includes ducks, ...