Animal

Noun
animal (plural animals)

(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).

(loosely) Any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.
(loosely, colloquial) Any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not fishes, insects, etc.).
(figuratively) A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.
 (informal) A person of a particular type.

Thais melones

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Thais melones is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropodaclade Hypsogastropodaclade Neogastropoda Superfamily: Muricoidea Family: Muricidae Subfamily: Rapaninae Genus: Thais Subgenus: Vasula Species: T. melones

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Insect

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Insects (from Latin insectum) are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae. Insects are the most diverse group of animals; they include more than a million described species and represent more than half of all known living organisms. The total number of extant species is estimated at

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Glyphostoma pilsbryi

Animal, Benthos of western Atlantic, Clathurellidae, Gulf of America fauna, Marine gastropods / , , , , , , , , , ,

Glyphostoma pilsbryi is a species of marine gastropod mollusc—a type of sea snail—belonging to the family Clathurellidae, small predatory marine snails known for their elongated, often intricately sculptured shells. This species was first described scientifically in 1940 by malacologist Schwengel. In zoological terminology, Glyphostoma is the genus, and pilsbryi is the specific epithet, honoring or

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Organism

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In biology, an organism is any organic, living system that functions as an individual entity. All organisms are composed of cells (cell theory). Organisms are classified by taxonomy into groups such as multicellular animals, plants, and fungi; or unicellular microorganisms such as protists, bacteria, and archaea. All types of organisms are capable of reproduction, growth

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Plant

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Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclude the fungi and some algae, as well as the prokaryotes. By one definition, plants form the clade Viridiplantae, a group that includes the flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms, ferns and their allies, hornworts, liverworts, mosses, and the green algae, but excludes the red and brown algae.

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Desert

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A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to the processes of denudation. About one-third of the land surface of the Earth is arid or semi-arid. This includes much of the polar regions, where little precipitation occurs, and which are

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