Letter B - Zoology dictionary by Futura-Sciences

Alphabetical index

Bait Bait is feed used to attract animals in order to capture them.	Balai The balai is the tail of low-flying birds.
Baleen plate A baleen plate is a plate fringed with hard tissue found in ...	Barbs Barbs are thin branches pointing obliquely from one part to ...
Barbule Barbules are short projections that link barbs together. ...	Barnacle Barnacles belong to the infraclass Cirripedia. There are ...
Batesian mimicry Batesian mimicry is a form of mimicry in which a harmless ...	Batrachians Batrachians are a class of animals related to reptiles that ...
Beak A beak is formed of two or more slightly curved hard layers ...	Bearded seal Bearded seal (Erxleben 1777) - Erignathus barbatus Order: ...
Belemnites Belemnites are part of an extinct order of cephalopods that ...	Benthic Benthic means on the sea floor, or living on the sea floor.
Bib A bib is a contrasting patch, located under the beak.	Biomimetics Biomimetics is a science that tries to imitate nature to ...
Bird call imitation A bird call imitation is an imitation of the cry of an owl ...	Bird of prey Birds of prey are carnivorous birds that are characterised ...
Bird songs Bird songs are the calls of birds.	Birds Directive The Birds Directive – or 79/409/EEC Directive – of 2 April ...
Black-veined white Black-veined white (Linnaeus, 1758) - Aporia crataegi Order: ...	Blastema Blastema comes from the Greek word blastos, seed. In an ...