- live-bearers
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English-Ukrainian dictionary. 2013.
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live-bearer — ▪ fish any of the numerous live bearing topminnows of the family Poeciliidae (order Atheriniformes), found only in the New World and most abundantly in Mexico and Central America. Most of the many species are rather elongated, and all are… … Universalium
lecithotrophic live bearer — facultative and obligate lecitrophic live bearers (both q.v.) are two reproductive guilds (q.v.) … Dictionary of ichthyology
Ring-bearers — The title used for those three Hobbits (Bilbo Baggins, Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee) who had at one time borne the One Ring, and aided in its destruction. Because of their status as Ring bearers, they were granted the passage of the… … J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth glossary
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
reproductive style — the methods of reproduction seen in fishes have been summarised in Balon (1990). Three ethological sections are nonguarders, guarders and bearers. Nonguarders produce eggs which are scattered into the water (reproductive guilds pelagophils,… … Dictionary of ichthyology
atheriniform — ▪ fish Introduction any member of the order Atheriniformes, containing 15 families of marine and freshwater spiny finned fishes (spiny finned fish), including the flying fishes (flying fish) (see ), needlefishes (needlefish), silversides,… … Universalium
lizard — /liz euhrd/, n. 1. any of numerous scaly reptiles of the suborder Sauria, order Squamata, typically having a moderately elongate body, a tapering tail, and two pairs of legs held outward from the body, comprising mostly terrestrial and burrowing… … Universalium
fish — fishless, adj. /fish/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) fish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) fishes, v. n. 1. any of various cold blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with … Universalium
Fish — /fish/, n. Hamilton, 1808 93, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1869 77. * * * I Any of more than 24,000 species of cold blooded vertebrates found worldwide in fresh and salt water. Living species range from the primitive lampreys and hagfishes… … Universalium
Poeciliidae — Taxobox name = Poeciliidae image width = 250px image caption = Sailfin molly ( Poecilia latipinna ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Cyprinodontiformes familia = Poeciliidae familia authority = Garman, 1895… … Wikipedia
paracanthopterygian — ▪ fish Introduction any member of the superorder Paracanthopterygii, a predatory, primarily marine group that forms one of about six major branches of the Teleostei (teleost), or bony fishes, the dominant modern aquatic vertebrates.… … Universalium
