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Alphabetical index

Mating Mating is the physical culmination of the nuptial parade.	Mauritian flying fox According to the French National Red List, the Mauritian ...
Mauritius parakeet According to the French National Red List, the Mauritius ...	Meconium Meconium is the matter contained in the digestive tube and ...
Megafauna Megafauna is a term used to describe all large animals. ...	Melanism Melanism is the opposite of albinism, and describes the ...
Mesoglea The mesoglea is a collagen-rich matrix that looks like jelly ...	Metamorphosis Metamorphosis is a series of transformations that an insect ...
Metapopulation A metapopulation is a group of populations of the same ...	Metazoan Metazoan is a term used to describe all multicellular ...
Migration Migration is a seasonal movement from one region to another. ...	Migratory Something that is migratory migrates, or annually moves from ...
Mimicry Mimicry is a defensive mechanism used by an animal to ...	Mithridatism Mithridatism is the ability to adapt to poisons due to ...
Mollusc Molluscs comprise one of the large divisions in the animal ...	Monogyny Monogyny, from the Greek monos, single and gynos, woman, ...
Monophyletic In the classification of living organisms, a group or taxon ...	Monospecific Monospecific means concerning a single species.
Moulting In insects, moulting refers to the process of changing its ...	Myrmecophagy A myrmecophage eats ants.