inquiline
inquiline An animal which lives inside the body or nest of another animal without harming its host.
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Animal bites.
Magazine article from: U.S. Kids; 3/1/2007; 491 words
; ...blew a whistle at you? If you were a zoo animal, you'd probably open wide for tooth care. Animals can be trained to open their mouths to let...the Indianapolis Zoo. Just like kids, the animals in zoos need to take care of their teeth...
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Careers for creature lovers: training, grooming, sheltering, and other jobs in animal care.
Magazine article from: Occupational Outlook Quarterly; 12/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...wildlife, and veterinary work is the only animal career they know. But being a vet can...it involves surgery and treating sick animals. Fortunately, there are many other career options if you like animals. Do you like teaching and working with...
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Small animal in vivo imaging systems.
Newspaper article from: Instrument Business Outlook; 7/31/2004; 700+ words
; ...drug discovery and development, small animal in vivo imaging has quickly gained attention...resonance imaging (MRI) in many ways, small animal in vivo imaging benefits from such familiarity...of companies that make and sell small animal in vivo imaging techniques highlight the...
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Veterinary technicians: nursing animals to health: from assisting in surgery to administering drugs, these workers bring state-of-the-art medical care to the animal kingdom.
Magazine article from: Occupational Outlook Quarterly; 9/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...of the night, so you drive him to the animal hospital and carry him in. But the first...history, asking you for a description of the animal's symptoms. He or she will take your puppy...Veterinary technicians are often called animal nurses because they care for animal patients...
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Critter camouflage: expose the secrets of animal camouflage with these eye-opening science activities, using our bonus "Can You Find Me?" poster at the center of this issue!(ACTIVITIES)
Magazine article from: Instructor (1990); 3/1/2005; ; 692 words
; ...effective camouflage can fail if a hidden animal suddenly moves and catches the enemy's...the room while pretending to be small animals (such as songbirds, squirrels, and so...the four main types of camouflage that animals use (some in combination). [ILLUSTRATION...
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Nonfatal motor-vehicle animal crash-related injuries--United States, 2001-2002.
Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; 8/6/2004; 700+ words
; ...which the motor vehicle (MV) directly hit an animal on the roadway (1). Each year, an estimated 200 human deaths result from crashes involving animals (i.e., deaths from a direct MV animal collision or from a crash in which a driver...
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Animal name game!(Make-a-Book)
Magazine article from: Weekly Reader, Edition K (including Science Spin); 4/1/2007; 552 words
; 1 Play the animal name game! Read about the animal on each page. Then fill in the missing letter. Turn the page...2 That's right! R is for rooster! Now say the names of the animals on this page. rooster 3 I have a curly tail. I say oink. Say...
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Multiple personality disorder: someone else lives inside me. (includes related article)
Magazine article from: Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication; 11/1/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...planned the murder and someone else controlled Jack's brain when the deed was done. The tricky part is that the someone else lives inside Jack. His name is Henry, and he is one of 15 personalities that share Jack's body The jury found it impossible to punish...
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The "National Animal Identification System": a new threat to rural freedom?
Magazine article from: Countryside & Small Stock Journal; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...water, food. Now the USDA's NAIS--National Animal Identification System--threatens the traditional...brainchild of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA). Who is the NIAA? Primarily...the makers and marketers of high-tech animal ID equipment (for example, Digital Angel...
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Animal control officer rescues trapped beaver; Position could hinge on Wong's trash fee plan.(LOCAL NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 5/27/2008; 399 words
; ...afraid of getting bitten by the 50-pound animal. I'm a country boy from Georgia, said...the past month as the city's part-time animal control officer. Beavers and possums and...Authority Drive to deal with the trapped animal in a culvert. Officers Michael Sevigny...
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inquiline
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology
inquiline A parasite that lives inside a plant gall , but without parasitizing the other occupant of the gall.
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inquilinism
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology
...between members of two different species in which one, the inquiline , lives on or in the other (the host ), or inside the host...trapped by the plant. The nest of many social insects harbour inquilines, which have evolved ingenious strategies to gain food or avoid...
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host
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology
...animal parasite becomes sexually mature; an intermediate (or secondary ) host is one in which the parasite passes the larval or asexual stages of its life cycle. 2. An organism that lives in close association with an inquiline (see inquilinism ).
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Chrysididae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
...host is completely consumed, although some larvae are inquilines and others feed on a provisioned supply of food. The adults...bright-red abdomen of many species, and their parasitic and inquiline habits in the nests of solitary bees and wasps.
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Cynipidae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
...apparent lack of similarity. Other members of the Cynipidae are dipteran parasites, hyperparasites of aphidiine Braconidae , and inquilines in the galls of other gall wasps. Adults are usually shiny, black to brown, with straight antennae, and a laterally compressed...
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