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Birds, Reptiles & Amphibians, Diagnostic Instruments, Surgical Instruments

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Finch

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Small birds with short stout bills

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Canary

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Yellow finch from Canary Islands

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Ratite

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Flightless bird with flat sternum

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Parrot

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Tropical birds with small hooked beaks

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Toucan

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Tropical America bird with large thin walled bill

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Cockatoo

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Light colored, crested parrot of Australia

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Parakeet

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Small, long-tailed parrot

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Macaw

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South American parrot with large curved bill

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Budgerigars

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Small Australian parakeet

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Mynah

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Starlings of SE Asia, dark with yellow bill

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Passerine

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Perching birds: Finch, sparrow, mynah, canary

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Columbiformes

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Doves and Partridges

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Cock

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Male chicken

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Hen

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Female chicken or turkey

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Tom

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Male turkey

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Tercel

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Male Hawk

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Layer

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Hen for egg production

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Falcon

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Female hunting bird of prey

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Laying

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Birthing

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Chick

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Young chicken

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Broiler, Fryer

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About 8 week chick

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Poult

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Young turkey

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Fledgling

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Young bird with new flight feathers

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Squab

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Young pigeon

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Bevy, Covey

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Collective of quail

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Brood

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Collective of hens

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Flock

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Collective of chickens

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Rafter

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Collective of turkeys

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Clutch

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Collective of eggs

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Aviary

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Housing for caged birds

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Brooder

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Housing for chicks

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Coop

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Housing for poultry

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33
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Mew

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Housing for raptors

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34
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Ornithophobia

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Fear of birds

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35
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Air sacs

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Sacs of air in the respiratory tract of birds

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36
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Cere

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Thickened skin at base of beak

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37
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Contour feather

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Body and flight feathers

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38
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Rectrices

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Tail flight feathers

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39
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Remiges

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Flight feathers

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40
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Barb

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Parallel filaments off of feather shaft

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41
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Barbule

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Projections off feather barb

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42
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Calamus

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Hollow part of feather shaft

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43
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Rachis

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Distal shaft of feather with barbs

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44
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Shaft

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Scapus or quill of a feather

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45
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Apterium

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Tracts of skin without feathers

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46
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Candling

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Transillumination of eggs to check for embryos

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47
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Chalaza

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Rope-like structure that holds yolk in egg center

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48
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Choana

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Posterior naris, includes cleft in hard palate

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49
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Cloaca

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Bird rectal opening common for feces, urine, and eggs

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50
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Infundibulum

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End of oviduct nearest to the ovary

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Magnum

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Middle portion of the oviduct

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Isthmus

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Portion of oviduct that adds shell to eggs

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53
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Columella

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Bony replacement for the malleus, incus, and staples

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54
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Cuttlebone

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Internal shell of cuttlefish, source of calcium and needed abrasion of beak

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55
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Debeaking

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Trimming the beak to prevent fight injuries

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56
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Egg bound

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Unable to eliminate egg at proper time

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57
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Filoplume

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Small feathers with few barbs except at tip and may have sensory function

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58
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Gizzard

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Muscular, grinding pouch located after glandular stomach, “ventriculus”

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59
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Crop

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Esophageal enlargement to soften food

60
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Bursa of Fabricius

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Lymphatic tissue in proctodeum that produces B lymphocytes in young

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Meckel’s diverticulum

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Structure at end of jejunum that is lymphatic in function

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Coprodeum

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Rectal opening into cloaca

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Proctodeum

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Terminal part of cloaca connecting to vent

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Proventriculus

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Elongated glandular stomach of birds

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Urodeum

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Opening of the ureters and vagina into the cloaca

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Vent

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External opening of cloaca

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Rhamphotheca

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Keratinized covering of beak

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Gnathotheca

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Lower jaw rhamphotheca

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Rhinotheca

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Upper jaw rhamphotheca

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Granivorous

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Using a diet of grains

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Homeothermic

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Having a constant body temperature

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Insecrivorous

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Eating a diet of insects

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Keel

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Sternum (breastbone) of birds of flight

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Pygostyle

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Termination of spine at tail in birds

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Scleral ring

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Bony plates around bird’s eye

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Molt

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Casting off skin or feathers for replacement

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Nasal gland

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Gland in sea birds at rostral part of beak

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Ornithology

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Study of birds

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Oviparous

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Laying eggs when giving birth

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Pinioning

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Trimming wings to alter flight

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Plume

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Down feathers

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Poultry

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Domesticated fowl raised for meat, eggs, and featehrs

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Pteryla

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Area (tracts) of skin where feathers grow

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Setae

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Bristles on head of some birds

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Sperm nests

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Clusters of sperm in infundibulum

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Comb

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Red skin flap on middle of head of chickens

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Snood

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Fleshy flap at upper base of turkey’s beak

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Spur

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Pointed projections on legs of some male birds

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Wattle

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Appendage on chin of chickens and turkeys

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Syrinx

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Voice organ of birds at bifurcation of the trachea

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Uropygial

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Oil gland near tail for preening (oiling feathers)

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Yolk

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Yellow part of egg that contains germinal cells

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Amphibian

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Animals that produce aquatic larvae with gills that become air-breathing adults with lungs

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Reptile

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Cold-blooded vertebrates that include turtles, snakes, and lizards

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Chelonians

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Turtles and Tortoises

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Testudines

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Second tortoise classification

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Terrapins

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Freshwater turtles

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Elapidae

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Coral Snake (poisonous, not a pit viper)

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Crotaline

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Pit vipers: Rattlesnakes, water moccasin, copperhead

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Hatchling

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Young turtle

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Bale

A

Collective of turtles

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Nest

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Collective of snakes

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W.C.

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Wild caught

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C.B.

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Captive bred

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Vivarium

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Substrate

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UV

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Ultraviolet

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UVA

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Stimulates photoperiods

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UVB

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Stimulates vitamin D production

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UVC

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Kills bacteria, dangerous burning rays

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Pinky

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Newborn mouse, snake food

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Hopper

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Young mouse, just beginning to move on its own, snake food

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Pinhead

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Small crickets for gut-loading

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Gut-loading

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Feeding nutritious food to prey for reptiles

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Ophidiophobia

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Fear of snakes

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Carapace

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Upper shell of turtles

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Plastron

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Lower part of turtle shell

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Bridge

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Connection area between pastron and carapace

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Scutes

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Horny plates of turtle’s shell

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Brumation

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Winter dormancy in reptiles, hibernation-like

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Dysecdysis

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Difficult shedding

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Ecdysis

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Shedding or molting

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Extothermi

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Body temperature is same as surroundings (poikilothermic is a synonym)

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Fermoral gland

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Glands on the ventral surface of lizard thighs

125
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Head gland

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Gland on the head of snakes

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Mental gland

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Chin gland on the throat of turtles

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Musk glands

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4 glands that open under edge of turtle’s carapace

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Scent gland

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Organ at the base of tail of snakes

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Spectacle

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An abnormal covering on the cornea of reptiles

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Tail autonomy

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Ability to shed and regrow a tail for defense

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Urostyle

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Long caudal vertebrae in some amphibians

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Turtle

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Has shell and horny, toothless jaws

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Toad

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Tailless terrestrial amphibian, broad body, dry

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Frog

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Tailless aquatic amphibian with strong hind legs

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Horned lizard (toad)

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Small western US lizard with back spines

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Iguana

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Large tropical American lizards with back spines

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Chameleon

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Lizard of Africa able to change skin color

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Gecko

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Small lizard with suction cups on feet

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Painted turtle

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Eastern USA turtle with bright yellow and red

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Box turtle

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Turtle with hinged plastron

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Tortoise

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Terrestrial, thick hind limbs, high carapace

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Ball python

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West African snake, brown and black

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King snake

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North American contrictors

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Corn snake

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SE USA snake found on farms

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Garter snake

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Common American snake with longitudinal stripes

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