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Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… … Universalium
seed and fruit — ▪ plant reproductive part Introduction respectively, the characteristic reproductive (reproductive system, plant) body of both angiosperms (flowering plants) and gymnosperms (conifers, cycads, and ginkgos) and the ovary that encloses it.… … Universalium
Galerina marginata — Galerina marginata … Wikipedia
Gynoecium — A gynoecium (from Ancient Greek gyne , woman ) is the female reproductive part of a flower. The male counterpart is called an androecium . A gynoecium is composed of one or more pistils. A pistil may consist of a single free carpel, or be formed… … Wikipedia
pollination — /pol euh nay sheuhn/, n. Bot. the transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma. [1870 75; POLLINATE + ION] * * * Transfer of pollen grains in seed plants from the stamens, where they form, to the pistil. Pollination is required for… … Universalium
Synovia — The joint fluid. The term synovia was invented in 1520 by the Swiss physician (and alchemist) Paracelsus who combined the Greek syn (together) and oon (egg) to create a name for any body fluid that looked like the white of an egg. Today, synovia… … Medical dictionary
neuropteran — /noo rop teuhr euhn, nyoo /, adj. 1. neuropterous. n. 2. Also, neuropteron. a neuropterous insect. [1835 45; < NL Neuropter(a), neut. pl. of neuropterus (see NEUROPTEROUS) + AN] * * * ▪ insect Introduction any of a group of insects commonly … Universalium
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glair — or glaire noun Etymology: Middle English gleyre egg white, from Anglo French gleire, from Vulgar Latin *claria, from Latin clarus clear more at clear Date: 13th century 1. a sizing liquid made from egg white 2. a viscid substance suggestive of an … New Collegiate Dictionary
Bolas spiders — Cladomelea debeeri Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
