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Small Animal Care Terms
Small Animal Care Terms
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9th Grade
02/12/2008

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Animalia
Definition
The animal kingdom including invertebrates and vertebrates.
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Aves
Definition
The class for birds.
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Binomial Nomenclature
Definition
Linnaeus's system of naming species which used the Latin.
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Chordata
Definition
A phylum with four distinctive characterstic.
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Fungi
Definition
A group of plants that lack chlorophyll and obtain nourishment from other plants and animals.
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Invertebrates
Definition
Members of the animal kingdom with backbones.
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Mammalia
Definition
Vertebrates that possess mammary glands, have hair and brain.
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Monera
Definition
The kingdom including the bacterial organisms lacking a true nucleus.
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Notochord
Definition
Flexible chord of cells in the embryo that eventually becomes the vertebra.
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Osteichthyes
Definition
Large group pf vertebrate animals that live in the water and have gills.
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Pharyngeal
Definition
The area of the pharynx.
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Placental Mammals
Definition
Mammals have a placenta through which the embryo and fetus are nourished.
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Plantae
Definition
Plant Kingdom.
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Protista
Definition
Kingdom including the single-celled or microscopic animals.
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Reptilla
Definition
The class which includes turtles, snakes, lizards, and alligators.
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Taxa
Definition
The seven categories of Linnaeus's classification system.
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Taxonomy
Definition
The science that is concerned with the naming and classification of animals.
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Trinomial Nomenclature
Definition
Adds a third word to the binomial nomenclature.
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Vertebrate
Definition
Animals that have a segmented spinal column.
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