orb snails

  • 1Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology       In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… …

    Universalium

  • 2Characters of The Order of the Stick — This is a list of characters from the webcomic The Order of the Stick (OOTS). It is a comedic webcomic that celebrates and satirizes tabletop role playing games and medieval fantasy through the ongoing tale of the eponymous fellowship of… …

    Wikipedia

  • 3Discworld gods — See also: Discworld (world)#Magic Some of the Discworld gods at Dunmanifestin. L R: Sessifet (off left),Offler, Flatulus (behind Offler), Fate, Urika, Blind Io, Libertina, The Lady, Bibulous, Patina (behind Bibulous), Topaxi (in front of… …

    Wikipedia

  • 4Mimicry — For other uses, see Mimic (disambiguation). Plate from Henry Walter Bates (1862) illustrating Batesian mimicry between Dismorphia species (top row, third row) and various Ithomiini (Nymphalidae, second row, bottom row) In …

    Wikipedia

  • 5Rodrigues Starling — Conservation status Extinct (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kingdom …

    Wikipedia

  • 6Aggressive mimicry — The Humpback anglerfish uses a modified dorsal spine as a bioluminescent fishing rod to capture prey. Aggressive mimicry is a form of mimicry where predators, parasites or parasitoids share similar signals with a harmless model, allowing them to… …

    Wikipedia

  • 7planorbis — bə̇s noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin planus flat + orbis ring, disk, orb more at floor : a widely distributed genus (the type of the family Planorbidae) of snails with secondarily acquired gills, a fundamentally sinistral …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 8tropicorbis — ˌträpəˈkȯrbə̇s noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from tropicus tropical (from Latin, of a turning of the sun) + Latin orbis ring, circle more at tropic, orb : a genus of New World freshwater snails (family Planorbidae) of medical… …

    Useful english dictionary