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Alimentary Canal- Passage
in a body that food passes through and digested.
Anus- The
opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal.
Careen- To
lurch from side to side.
Caudal Fin- A caudal fin is like a tail.
Caudal Peduncle-
A caudal peduncle is like a tail
Cephalopods-
Having a distinct head with a beak
and muscular tentacles that usually have suckers on them.
Cetaceans
- The group of mammals to which dolphins belong.
The word comes from the Greek word cetus, meaning whole.
Convex- Curving out like a
surface sphere.
Court- Try
to get love of someone or something; to seek a mate.
Crystalline-
The lens of a vertebrate eye.
Demarcation Line-
Marking or setting the boundaries
or limits.
Dolphin infanticide
- the killing of an infant in order to mate with the mother.
Epithelium-
Membranous tissue, usually in a single layer.
Extremities-
The outer most or farthest point.
Falcate-curved
and tapered to a point.
Fondle-
To handle or stroke with affection.
Foraging
- searching for food in a scavenging like way.
Fusiform-
Tapering at each end: spindle-shaped.
Gestation
- the amount of time that a female is pregnant.
Glands
- where the milk is stored on the female.
Glandular-
Functioning as a gland.
Gregarious Fish
- A group, herd, or school of fish.
Mammery-
Of or pertaining to a breast or mama.
Melon
- the forehead of a dolphin mammery.
Membranous- Made
of or similar to the membrane.
Mesopelagic Fish-A
fish species, including such fish as Atlantic Silver Cod, Silver
Hake, White Hake, Pollock, and Fourbeard Rockling.
Mesonychids-
Hoofed
wolf-like animals who are the dolphins' most likely ancestors.
About the
size of a dog.
Migratory Fish
- Characterized by migration.
Morphology-
The biological study of the form and structure of a living
organism.
Muzzles-
The forward, projecting part of the head, including the jaws and
noses.
Notch-
A v-shaped cut out.
Plankton
- The smallest living organisms.
Respitory- Pertaining
to, affecting, or used in respiration.
Robust-
Powerfully built, sturdy, husky.
Sacks-
Where the baby is kept in the to be mom.
Suckling-
To young to be weaned.
Tapers-
A gradual decrease in size; to get thinner near the end.
Thorax-
A corresponding part in animals.
Ventral
- of, on, or near the belly.
Womb-
The uterus of a female dolphin.
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