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Antlers: branched horns on a male deer's head; antlers grow again in every year.Back

Brackish water: slightly salty water where a river flows into a sea and fresh and salty water mix. Back

Cutaneous respiration: ability of taking oxygen through the wet skin (fish, amphibia).Back

Gland: a group of cells in the epithelium, which produce discharge.Back

Horn: it grows on the horn-bone, and it grows constantly during the animals' life.Back

Hybrid: an animal or plant that has been bred from two different species of animal or plant.Back

Living at night/night animals: animals that spend the day at their hiding-places and after dusk they start eating and become active. Back

Pelt: the pulled off skin covered by fur.Back

Pregnancy: development of an impregnated ovum till birth.Back

Preserve: a breeding environment that tries to imitate natural circumstances of life.Back

Rodent: a taxonomical group of animals, whose members' incisor teeth have got open roots and grow constantly, therefore, these animals must wear down their teeth by chewing constantly.Back

Scent-gland: a group of cells that produce special discharge, which is typical of a species.Back