an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
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thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food
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any of the membranous air-filled extensions of the lungs of birds
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals, Medical anatomy.the vascular fetal membrane that lies below the chorion and develops from the hindgut in many embryonic higher vertebrates (reptiles,…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals, Medical anatomy.thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo of higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals, Medical anatomy.thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo of higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals, Medical anatomy.central cavity of the gastrula; becomes the intestinal or digestive cavity
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals, Medical anatomy.the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals, Medical anatomy.the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals, Medical anatomy.the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula
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Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals, Medical anatomy.the outermost membranous sac enclosing the embryo in higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals, Medical anatomy.the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals, Medical anatomy.the joint of a mammal or bird that corresponds to the human elbow
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals, Medical anatomy.the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals, Medical anatomy.the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals, Medical anatomy.an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals, Medical anatomy.thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals, Medical anatomy.tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
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A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thick-walled, muscular, pouch, crop, many.one of a string of thick walled vegetative resting cells formed by some algae and fungi
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thick-walled, muscular, pouch, crop, many.A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thick-walled, muscular, pouch, crop, many.biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thick-walled, muscular, pouch, crop, many.plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thick-walled, muscular, pouch, crop, many.Full, strong muscles, esp. of the arm or leg, muscular strength; a protuberant muscular part of the body; sometimes, the arm.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thick-walled, muscular, pouch, crop, many.a membranous pouch inside the mouth of many rodents (as a gopher)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thick-walled, muscular, pouch, crop, many.The common chamber into which the intestinal, urinary, and generative canals discharge in birds, reptiles, amphibians, and many fishes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thick-walled, muscular, pouch, crop, many.a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thick-walled, muscular, pouch, crop, many.a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thick-walled, muscular, pouch, crop, many.The growing crop, or profits of a crop which has been sown or planted; -- used especially in the plural. The produce of grass, trees,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thick-walled, muscular, pouch, crop, many.A mill for grinding grain; especially, a mill for grinding grists, or portions of grain brought by different customers; a custom mill.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thick-walled, muscular, pouch, crop, many.a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thick-walled, muscular, pouch, crop, many.
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