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science ch 14
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bipedal | of or relating to an animal that walks on two legs |
| bird | four-limbed, endothermic vertebrate that lays amniotic eggs and has wings and feathers |
| courtship | special behavior, such as a unique song or visual display, performed by an animal to attract a mate |
| generalist | organism that has general (nonspecialized) traits for exploiting a variety of foods or other resources in the environment |
| incubation | keeping eggs warm until they hatch |
| specialist | organism that has specialized traits for exploiting a specific food or other resource in the environment |
| alveolus (alveoli, plural) | one of millions of tiny sacs in the lungs of mammals where gas exchange takes place |
| frugivore | heterotrophic animal that eats only or mainly fruit |
| insectivore | heterotrophic animal that eats only or mainly insects |
| lactation | production of milk from mammary glands by a female mammal to feed her offspring |
| mammal | four-limbed, endothermic vertebrate that has hair or fur and mammary glands in females |
| mammary gland | gland in female mammals that produces milk to feed offspring |
| marsupial | member of the subclass of mammals that give birth to an embryo, which continues to grow and develop in a pouch on its mother’s body |
| placenta | temporary, spongy organ that develops from both fetal and maternal tissues to nourish the fetus of a placental mammal |
| placental mammal | member of the largest subclass of mammals that give birth to a relatively large fetus after a long pregnancy during which a placenta develops to sustain the fetus |
| sweat | salty fluid produced by glands in the skin of mammals that helps cool down the body when it evaporates |
| monotreme | member of the subclass of mammals that lay eggs, such as the platypus or echidna |
| brachiation | moving through trees by using the arms and hands to swing from branch to branch |
| opposable thumb | thumb that can be brought into opposition with the other fingers of the same hand so the hand can grasp and hold things |
| primate | placental mammal in the Primate Order, which has five digits on each hand or foot and opposable thumbs |
| prosimian | small primate such as a lemur or loris that is similar to the earliest primates |
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