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(sciences) A eukaryote of the clade Animalia; a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).
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Relating to animalcules.
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Obsolete spelling of animal [(sciences) A eukaryote of the clade Animalia; a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).]
adj
(zoology) Of or relating to arachnology, the study of arachnids.
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(zoology) Of or relating to arachnology, the study of arachnids.
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Alternative form of araneology [(zoology) The study of the spider, a branch of arachnology.]
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Relating to arthropodivores or to arthropodivory
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(biology) A group of individual animals that form a distinct, individual colony
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The fauna that exist in protected or concealed microhabitats
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(zoology) Living in a cavity or small cave.
adj
(zoology) Designed to startle or frighten a potential predator.
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A subdiscipline of anthropology, examining human knowledge of fish and their uses.
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(countable) A book, cataloguing the animals of a country.
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Alternative form of fecolith [A calcified fecal deposit.]
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(zoology) Of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing.
adj
(chiefly zoology, anthropology, paleontology) Of an animal or skeletal element: having a slender frame.
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(zoology) Of animals that travel in herds or packs.
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A site at which ichnolites or similar fossil traces are preserved
n
Synonym of ichthyology (abbreviation)
adj
Alternative form of ichthyic [Of, pertaining to, or like fish; piscine.]
n
Synonym of ichthyology (abbreviation)
adj
Of, pertaining to, or like fish; piscine.
adj
Relating to an ichthyocide
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Any material that kills fish
adj
Relating to the distribution of fish
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(biology) The biogeography of fish
n
A graphic representation of fish movement in a river or sea
n
One who carries out ichthyography.
adj
Relating to ichthyography.
n
The scientific description of fishes
n
The worship of fish, or of fish-shaped idols.
adj
Of or belonging to ichthyology or ichthyic.
n
An expert in ichthyology: one who studies fishes. [from 18th c.]
n
Divination interpreting the appearance and behaviour of fish. A form of augury.
adj
Relating to ichthyomancy.
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The naming and classification of types of fish.
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The study of diseases of fish.
adj
Synonym of ichthyophagous
n
A person who is interested in fish.
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(ichthyology) A parasitic infection of freshwater fish caused by the ciliate Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
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One who studies ichthyoplanktology.
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The study of the free-floating larvae of fish
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(zoology) zooplankton derived from fish, such as fish eggs, fry and larvae
n
(formal, rare) A seller of fish.
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(biology, of a fish) Containing poison within its flesh.
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(alternative medicine) The use of fish for therapeutic treatment, especially for cleaning wounds.
n
One who carries out ichthyotomy.
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The anatomy or dissection of fishes.
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(rare) The study of toxins found in fish; the toxicology of fish.
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Alternative spelling of ichthyophagous [(biology) feeding on fish]
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The taxidermy of fishes.
adj
Alternative form of iliophagous [(biology, of a fish) That feeds (typically on mud) in the lowest layer of water]
adj
Belonging to the infauna.
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Abbreviation of ichnospecies. [(paleontology) Any species known only from trace fossils, such as footprints, coprolites or nests.]
adj
Pertaining to a macrofauna.
n
Any infauna that are large enough to be seen with the naked eye
adj
Relating to the malacofauna.
adj
Of or pertaining to the megafauna.
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A relatively large fossil showing the structure of an organism.
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(biology) Relatively large ichnofauna
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(ichthyology) The counting of quantitative features of a fish, such as its number of fins or of scales.
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Of or pertaining to fish; piscine.
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fish; ichthyic.
adj
(zoology) Resembling a zoaea.
adj
(biology) Relating to, or resembling, an animal.
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A figure in ancient art resembling an animal.
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(biology) Any one of the perfectly developed individuals of a compound animal.
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(zoology, archaic) One of the segments of the body of an articulated animal, sometimes regarded as a distinct organism.
adj
(architecture) Bearing or supporting the figure of an animal.
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