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  1. alfalfa
    plant with trifoliate leaves mostly grown to feed livestock
  2. algarroba
    mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing
  3. archaeopteryx
    extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds
  4. asclepiad
    any plant of the family Asclepiadaceae
  5. autogamy
    self-fertilization in plants
  6. carancha
    South American caracara
  7. ceratodus
    extinct lungfish
  8. compsognathus
    very small bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic in Bavaria
  9. correlated
    mutually related
  10. cross-fertilize
    cause to undergo cross-fertilization
  11. dimorphic
    occurring or existing in two different forms
  12. Drosophyllum
    one species
  13. edental
    having few if any teeth
  14. embryology
    the branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms
  15. exophthalmos
    protrusion of the eyeball from the socket
  16. furcula
    a forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most birds
  17. hypermetropia
    abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects
  18. interbreed
    breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
  19. Lythrum
    loosestrife
  20. monotypic
    consisting of only one type
  21. natural selection
    a process in which organisms evolve to adapt to environment
  22. nutate
    rock, sway, or nod; usually involuntarily
  23. ombu
    fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves
  24. peludo
    Argentine armadillo with six movable bands and hairy underparts
  25. phylogeny
    evolutionary development of a species or group of organisms
  26. present-day
    belonging to the present time
  27. purebred
    bred for many generations from member of a recognized breed or strain
  28. rodeo
    an exhibition of cowboy skills
  29. subgroup
    a distinct and often subordinate group within a group
  30. teleostan
    a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei
  31. volute
    ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center
Created on 二月 14, 2009

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