单词 | biological group |
释义 | biological group (once / 2363863 pages) n WORD FAMILY biological group n a group of plants or animals Hypo|Hyper genotype a group of organisms sharing a specific genetic constitution cladea group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic groupanimal or plant group having natural relations animal groupa group of animals colonya group of organisms of the same type living or growing together division(biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category generationgroup of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent descendants, posterityall of the offspring of a given progenitor division Archaebacteriain some classifications considered a kingdom division Eubacteriaone-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella Cyanophyta, division Cyanophytaprokaryotic organisms sometimes considered a class or phylum or subkingdom; coextensive with the Cyanophyceae: cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) Schizophyta, division Schizophytaformer term for the Cyanophyta Heterokontophyta, division Heterokontophytaalgae having chlorophyll a and usually c, and flagella of unequal lengths; terminology supersedes Chrysophyta in some classifications Chrysophyta, division Chrysophytamostly freshwater eukaryotic algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown or yellow pigment; yellow-green and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta Phaeophyta, division Phaeophytacoextensive with class Phaeophyceae; in some classifications subsumed in the division Heterokontophyta Euglenophyta, division Euglenophytafree-swimming flagellate algae Chlorophyta, division Chlorophytalarge division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls; classes Chlorophyceae, Ulvophyceae, and Charophyceae; obviously ancestral to land plants Rhodophyta, division Rhodophytalower plants; mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae Cynodontia, division Cynodontiaa division of the order Therapsida from the Triassic period comprising small carnivorous tetrapod reptiles often with mammal-like teeth Dicynodontia, division Dicynodontiaa division of Therapsida Adapid, Adapid groupextinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; their descendents probably include the lemurs; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins Omomyid, Omomyid groupextinct tiny nocturnal lower primates that fed on fruit and insects; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; probably gave rise to the tarsiers; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins Piscesa group of vertebrates comprising both cartilaginous and bony fishes and sometimes including the jawless vertebrates; not used technically kingdomthe highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia subkingdom(biology) a taxonomic group comprising a major division of a kingdom biotypeorganisms sharing a specified genotype or the genotype (or peculiarities) so shared teamtwo or more draft animals that work together to pull something broodthe young of an animal cared for at one time flocka group of birds flock, folda group of sheep or goats herda group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans herda group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra packa group of hunting animals poda group of aquatic mammals pridea group of lions clowdera group of cats school, shoala large group of fish castein some social insects (such as ants) a physically distinct individual or group of individuals specialized to perform certain functions in the colony colony(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell warrena colony of rabbits variety(biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics breed, stock, straina special variety of domesticated animals within a species phylum(biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes subphylum(biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and a class superphylum(biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and below a class or subclass class(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders subclass(biology) a taxonomic category below a class and above an order superclass(biology) a taxonomic class below a phylum and above a class order(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families suborder(biology) taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an order superorder(biology) a taxonomic group ranking above an order and below a class or subclass family(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera superfamily(biology) a taxonomic group ranking below an order but above a family subfamily(biology) a taxonomic category below a family tribe(biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily genus(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species subgenus(biology) taxonomic group between a genus and a species monotype(biology) a taxonomic group with a single member (a single species or genus) species(biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed race, subspecies(biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species form, strain, var., variant(biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups type(biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon drovea group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together form divisionan artificial taxonomic category for organisms of which the true relationships are obscure posterityall future generations baby boom, baby-boom generationthe larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War II gen X, generation Xthe generation following the baby boom (especially Americans and Canadians born in the 1960s and 1970s) litterthe offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal Pteridospermae, Pteridospermaphyta, group Pteridospermae, group Pteridospermaphytaused in some classification systems: a group of extinct fossil gymnosperms coextensive with the order Cycadofilicales Centrospermae, group Centrospermaeused in former classification systems; approximately synonymous with order Caryophyllales Amentiferae, group Amentiferaeused in some classification systems for plants that bear catkins Phycomycetes, Phycomycetes groupa large and probably unnatural group of fungi and funguslike organisms comprising the Mastigomycota (including the Oomycetes) and Zygomycota subdivisions of the division Eumycota; a category not used in all systems group, grouping any number of entities (members) considered as a unit |
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