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1Marie Jules Cesar Lelorgne de Savigny — Marie Jules César Lelorgne de Savigny (or Lelorgue de Savigny), born on 5 April 1777 at Provins and died on 5 October 1851 at Galès in Yvelines, was a French zoologist. In 1805 he published Natural and Mythological History of the Ibis and between …
2Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste — ▪ French biologist Introduction in full Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck born Aug. 1, 1744, Bazentin le Petit, Picardy, France died Dec. 18, 1829, Paris pioneer French biologist who is best known for his idea that… …
3invertebrate — 1. noun An animal without vertebrae, i.e. backbone. 2. adjective Lacking a backbone …
4invertebral — a.; (also invertebrate) (Zool.) Without vertebrae, destitute of a backbone …
5skeleton — skeletonless, adj. skeletonlike, adj. /skel i tn/, n. 1. Anat., Zool. the bones of a human or an animal considered as a whole, together forming the framework of the body. 2. any of various structures forming a rigid framework in an invertebrate.… …
6syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …
7Cat — For other uses, see Cat (disambiguation) and Cats (disambiguation). Domestic cat[1] …
8Back (horse) — The back describes the area of horse anatomy where the saddle goes, and in popular usage extends to include the loin or lumbar region behind the thoracic vertebrae that also is crucial to a horse s weight carrying ability. These two sections of… …
9fish — fishless, adj. /fish/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) fish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) fishes, v. n. 1. any of various cold blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with …
10Fish — /fish/, n. Hamilton, 1808 93, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1869 77. * * * I Any of more than 24,000 species of cold blooded vertebrates found worldwide in fresh and salt water. Living species range from the primitive lampreys and hagfishes… …
