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• cloacal passage — (MOLLUSCA: Bivalvia) A passage in exhalant mantle chamber that serves as a cloaca …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• vertebrate — /verr teuh brit, brayt /, adj. 1. having vertebrae; having a backbone or spinal column. 2. belonging or pertaining to the Vertebrata (or Craniata), a subphylum of chordate animals, comprising those having a brain enclosed in a skull or cranium… …   Universalium

• Sea cucumber — For the food product made from sea cucumber, see Sea cucumber (food). Sea cucumber A sea cucumber from the Mediterranean Sea Scientific classification …   Wikipedia

• Chelicerata — Temporal range: 445–0 Ma …   Wikipedia

• cloaca — cloacal, adj. /kloh ay keuh/, n., pl. cloacae / see/. 1. Zool. a. the common cavity into which the intestinal, urinary, and generative canals open in birds, reptiles, amphibians, many fishes, and certain mammals. b. a similar cavity in… …   Universalium

• reproductive system, animal — Introduction       any of the organ systems by which animals reproduce.       The role of reproduction is to provide for the continued existence of a species; it is the process by which living organisms duplicate themselves. Animals compete with… …   Universalium

• reptile — reptilelike, adj. reptiloid /rep tl oyd /, adj. /rep til, tuyl/, n. 1. any cold blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the… …   Universalium

• Cloaca — A common passageway for feces, urine and reproduction. At one point in the development of the human embryo, there is a cloaca. It is the far end of a structure called the hindgut. This structure then divides to form a rectum, a bladder, and… …   Medical dictionary

• Caudata — ▪ amphibian order Introduction also called  Urodela,     one of the major extant orders of the class Amphibia. It includes salamanders (salamander) and newts (newt). The relatively small and inconspicuous salamanders are important members of… …   Universalium

• cloaca — noun (plural cloacae) Etymology: Latin; akin to Greek klyzein to wash more at clyster Date: 1599 1. sewer III 2. [New Latin, from Latin] the common chamber into which the intestinal and urogenital tracts discharge especially in …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Monkey Frog — The monkey frogs are a group of species of tree frogs (Phyllomedusa hypocondrialis, phyllomedusa sauvagii, etc.) which are characterized by long limbs and a lack of webbing between their toes. This last trait allows them to grasp branches and to… …   Wikipedia