Page 18 - Zoology dictionary by Futura-Sciences

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Polydomy Polydomy, from the Greek word polus, several and domos, the ...	Polygyny Polygyny, from the Greek word polus, several, and gynos, ...
Prehensile Something that is prehensile has the potential to grasp.	Premammalian Premammalian animals are vertebrates that came before ...
Primaries (feathers) Primaries are large feathers on the tips of wings, along the ...	Primate Primates are one of the 18 mammal orders, distinguished by: ...
Proboscis From the Greek word proboscis: trunk. Elephants, which have ...	Procellariiformes Procellariiformes is an order that includes seabirds, which ...
Propagule A propagule is an organ used for the dissemination and ...	Prothorax The prothorax is the first of the three segments that form ...
Protist Protists include all unicellular living organisms ...	Protostome Protostomes and deuterostomes make up the two divisions of ...
Psittirostra Psittirostra passerines are characterised by their short, ...	Pterophile A pterophile is a collector of bird feathers.
Pulvillus The pulvillus is a sort of ball located at the end of the ...	Pupa Pupa is a synonym of chrysalis.
Rachis The rachis is the central axis of a feather which supports ...	Rectrice A rectrice is a large, rigid tail feather. Most birds have ...
Red deer Red deer (Linnaeus 1758) - Cervus elaphus Order: ...	Red panda The red panda (Cuvier 1825) - Ailurus fulgens Order: ...