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amniotic egg
shelled egg in which an embryo develops within a fluid-filled amniotic sac and nourished by yolk.
ectothermic
external sources provide most ofthe heat for temperature regulation
endothermic
internal sources that provide most of the heat for temp regulation
endoskeleton
hard skelleton burried within the soft tissues of an animal.
eutherians
Placental mammal; young complete their embryonic development within their nucleus.
mammary gland
exocrine glands that secret milk to nourish young.
marsupials
a mammal whose young complete their embryonic development in side a maternal pouch called the marsupium
operculum
in aquatic, a protective body flap that covers and protects the gills.
placental
structure in pregnant uterus for nourishing a viviparous fetus with the mother's blood supply.
mammals
amniotes with mammary glands
swim bladder
An aqueous osteichthyans, an air sac that enables the animal to control its boyancy in the water.
Tetrapod
A vertebrate with 2 pairs of limbs
Ovipary
refering to a type of development in which young hatch from eggs that are retained outside the mother's body.
vivipary
young are borne alive after having being nervous in the uterus by blood from the placenta.
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