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GLOSSARY 171

Marsupial Parasite Primates Spawn
A mammal that An animal that lives A group of mammals The fertilized eggs of
typically carries on or inside another that includes apes, animals such as fish
its young in a belly animal, causing harm monkeys, and humans. and frogs, usually
pouch until they can to the host. laid in masses.
look after themselves. Reptile
Pigment A back-boned animal, Species
Metamorphosis A substance that gives such as a snake, lizard, A group of organisms
The process of changing something its colour. or crocodile, whose body that can breed with
from a juvenile form to warmth depends on each other and
an adult, such as the Plankton the temperature of produce offspring
transformation from Small animals and plants its surroundings. like themselves.
caterpillar to butterfly. that drift in large bodies
of water and are a major Savannah Tentacles
Migration food source for many A large, flat area of Flexible body
Seasonal movement aquatic creatures. grassland with few trees extensions, such as
of animals to and that mostly occurs in those on octopuses
from breeding or Plumage tropical countries. and jellyfish, used for
feeding grounds. A bird’s feathers. grasping and sensing.
Scavenger
Mimicry Predator An animal that feeds Venom
A way of fooling An animal that hunts on the rotting remains A poisonous substance
predators or prey, other animals for food. of dead animals and that is injected through
when an animal has other matter. bites and stings.
evolved to look or Prey
behave like another Semiaquatic Vertebrate
animal that is dangerous An animal that is Living partly in water An animal with
or not good to eat. Some hunted and eaten and partly on land. a backbone.
creatures mimic objects by another.
such as leaves or stones.

Mollusc
An invertebrate animal
with a soft body and
sometimes a protective
shell. Slugs, snails,
clams, and octopuses
are all types of mollusc.

Nectar
Sugary fluid produced by
flowers to attract pollen-
spreading animals.

Nocturnal
Active at night.

Omnivore
An animal that eats
both meat and plants.

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