Apologia Flying Creatures Vocab Lesson 1

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zoology

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a branch of biology concerned with the animal kingdom and animal life

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zoologists

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scientists who study animals

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taxonomy

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orderly classification of plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships

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Lepidoptera

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latin for "scaled wings" any of a large order of insects comprising the butterflies, moths, and skippers

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species

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the most specific grouping used when scientists classify animals

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Animal Kingdom

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Kingdom Animalia in Latin
a basic group of natural objects that includes all living and extinct animals

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phylum

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a group of animals sharing one or more major characteristics that set them apart from all other animals one of the main categories in biological classification that ranks above the class and below the kingdom

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Chordata

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all animals in the animal kingdom with a spine (backbone)

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vertebrates

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any of a large group of chordates comprising animals typically having a bony or cartilaginous backbone

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invertebrates

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an animal that lacks a backbone

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Arthopoda

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the largest phylum of the animal kingdom consists of more than one million known invertebrate species

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Annelida

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Phylum that contains invertabrate segmented worms

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class

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a major category in biological classification that is above the order and below the phylum

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Aves

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the class of birds

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Mammalia

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Any member of the class of warm-blooded vertebrates that have fur, give birth to babies, and nurse their babies with mothers milk