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animals
Term | Vocabulary |
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Any animal of which the female feeds her young on milk from her own body. | Mammals |
Animals whose female expels the eggs to the outside when the embryos are undeveloped or in a very primitive stage of development. | Oviparous |
That it is a cold-blooded vertebrate that spends the first part of its life in water breathing through bronchi and when it reaches adulthood it becomes terrestrial and has lung respiration. | Amphibian |
Animals that are characterized by their skin, covered with scales or by a protective shell such as turtles, and also by their very particular way of moving: dragging the belly along the surface | Reptile |
Vertebrate animal whose main characteristics are: warm blood, lung respiration, body covered by feathers, horny beak without teeth and two wings arranged on the side of its body that are normally used for flight. | Birds |
Aquatic animals that, thanks to having gills, can breathe under water. They are generally oviparous beings | Fishes |
Group of arthropod invertebrates, that is, they have articulated body and legs. These arthropods have 4 pairs of legs, lack antennae, and yet have claw-like mouthparts to hold food, chelicerae. | Arachnid |
Invertebrates that are present in all types of habitats and that are characterized by having a vermiform body composed of segments divided by rings | Annelids |
Soft-bodied invertebrates present in saltwater, freshwater, and terrestrial habitats. They have a muscular foot and a calcareous shell that protects the soft body. | Mollusks |
These animals have the body covered by an exoskeleton known as the cuticle and formed a linear series of ostensible segments, with appendages of articulated pieces. | Arthropods |