Definition and meaning of Antillean z trap:

Antillean z trap - a common type of fish trap used widely in the Caribbean and elsewhere. It takes the form of a double chevron or "Z" with two down-curving "horse-neck" entrance funnels. Typically, these measure between 180 and 230 cm in length and are 60 cm high

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Definition and meaning of Universal Time, UT or Z:

Universal Time (UT or Z) - the correct name for the time system previously called Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). The symbol Z is often pronounced "Zulu," the name of the letter Z in the international radio alphabet

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Definition and meaning of zoogenic:

zoogenic - pertaining to changes caused by animals or their activities

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Definition and meaning of zooid:

zooid - of the distinct individuals forming a colonial invertebrate animal, such as a hydrozoan

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Definition and meaning of zooidal:

zooidal - pertaining to a zooid, as for example, a zooidal form

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Definition and meaning of zooplankton:

zooplankton - animal component of the plankton community

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Definition and meaning of zoosemiotics:

zoosemiotics - the study or analysis of animal communication

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Definition and meaning of zoospore:

zoospore - a motile, flagellated spore

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Definition and meaning of zootoxin:

zootoxin - any poisonous or venemous substance produced by an animal

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Definition and meaning of zoarium:

zoarium - the form of a bryozoan colony

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Definition and meaning of zoanthina:

zoanthina - an oval larval form of Zoanthidea with a girdle of long cilia near the oral pole

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Definition and meaning of zoea:

zoea - a free-swimming larval stage of various crustaceans

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Definition and meaning of zonate:

zonate - divided by parallel planes, e.g., zonate tetraspores, found in certain species of red algae

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Definition and meaning of zooecium:

zooecium - the skeleton of a bryozoan zooid

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Definition and meaning of zenith:

zenith - the point of the celestial sphere which is directly overhead

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Definition and meaning of zoanthella:

zoanthella - an elongate larval form of Zoanthidea with a ventral band of very long cilia

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Definition and meaning of zygote:

zygote - a fertilized egg with the diploid number of chromosomes formed by the union of the nuclei of male and female gametes

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Definition and meaning of zoology:

zoology - the scientific study of animal life. Zoological sciences include the studies of evolution, systematics, cell biology, biochemistry, micro and macro anatomy, development, genetics, physiology, ecology, biogeography, biodiversity, behavior and sociobiology

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Definition and meaning of zoonose:

zoonose - a disease of non-human animals that may be transmitted to humans, or may be transmitted from humans to non-human animals

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Definition and meaning of zoophyte:

zoophyte - an invertebrate which resembles a plant in appearance or mode of growth, as for example, hard corals, sea fans, and other soft corals, sea anemones, hydroids, bryozoans, sponges, etc., especially any of those that form compound colonies having a tree-like form

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