Nature Terms
A Brief Glossary for Nature Lovers, Natural Historians, and other folks interested in Biology.
A
- Aquatic
- Plant or animal life adapted to water
C
- Carnivore
- An animal which subsists soley by eating the flesh of other animals.
- Chrysalis
- The outer cover of a butterfly pupa, where metamorphosis occurs.
- Cold Blooded
- Animals that regulate their heat by relying on their surroundings, such as fish, reptiles, and amphibians.
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E
F
H
- Herbivore
- An animal that eats only plant material.
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K
- Larvae
- An immature stage of animal life.
M
- Metabolism
- The physical and chemical process of transforming food or other energy sources into a form useful to living organisms for energy or nutrients.
N
O
- Omnivore
- An animal that subsists on both plants and other animals.
P
- Pupa
- A developmental stage in the lifecycle of insects, generally a dormant stage, taking place in a cocoon in some cases.
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R
S
T
U
V
W
- Warm Blooded
- Animals that create their own warmth through metabolic processes and do not rely totally on their environment for their body temperature.
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