All entries of category 'zoology'

Vulcan English Description Category
dah-mal-latesik bipedal having two feet; a two-footed animal zoology
dah-vla-talikal bilateral symmetry symmetrical arrangement, as of an organism or a body part, along a central axis, so that the body is divided into equivalent right and left halves by only one plane zoology
ha-vellar t'masu-lan-tol benthos the collection of organisms living on or in sea or lake bottoms; the bottom of a sea or lake zoology
harr-ralek caudal fin the tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates ; part of a fish zoology
kesh-travek brood the young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time and cared for by the same mother zoology
kish-koshtri accidental species an occassional species in a particular community type; not a good species for use in community definition zoology
kres-va'amaya aggressive mimicry a form of mimicry where predators , parasites or parasitoids share similar signals with a harmless model, allowing them to avoid being correctly identified by their prey zoology
pash trap a contrivance for catching and holding animals, as a concealed pit or a clamplike device that springs shut suddenly; a stratagem for catching or tricking an unwary person (noun) zoology
rada-wein cocoon silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs (noun) zoology

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