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  1. In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans , an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners . [1]

  2. This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants is largely derived from Latin and Greek words, as are some of the names used for higher taxa , such ...

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    Example
    G ἄκανθος ( ákanthos)
    thorny, spiny
    Acanthus plant; Parorchis acanthus, a ...
    G, L
    stemless
    silver thistle, Carlina acaulis; dwarf ...
    G ἀκτίς ( aktis )
    ray, radial
    Schefflera actinophylla, Actinopterygii, ...
    L
    sharpened, pointed
    American crocodile, Crocodylus acutus ;
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  5. Portal:Zoology. Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia ( / ˌænɪˈmɑːljəˌ - i.ə / ), With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, have myocytes and are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and grow from a hollow sphere of cells, the blastula, during embryonic development.

  6. A. List of amphibian genera. Animals in War & Peace Medal of Bravery. List of animals with horns and tusks. Arthropod bites and stings. List of animals featuring external asymmetry.

  7. www.wikiwand.com › en › AnimalAnimal - Wikiwand

    It has been estimated there are as many as 7.77 million animal species on Earth. Animal body lengths range from 8.5 μm (0.00033 in) to 33.6 m (110 ft). They have complex ecologies and interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs. The scientific study of animals is known as zoology, and the study of animal ...

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