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Module #16
Vocabulary for Module #16: Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals
Question | Answer |
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Amniotic egg | A shelled, water-retaining egg that allows reptile, bird, and certain mammal embryos to develop on land |
Neurotoxin | A poison that attacks the nervous system, causing blindness, paralysis or suffocation |
Hemotoxin | A poison that attacks the red blood cells and blood vessels, destroying circulation |
Endotherm | An organism that is internally warmed by a heat-generating metabolic process |
Down feathers | Feathers with smooth barbules but not hooked barbules |
Placenta | A structure that allows an embryo to be nourished with the mother's blood supply |
Gestation | The period of time during which an embryo develops before being born |
Mammary glands | Specialized organs in mammals that produce milk to nourish the young |
Contour feathers | Feathers with hooked and smooth barbules, allowing the barbules to interlock |