Search results for "Freshwater." - New World Encyclopedia
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- Limnology is a discipline that concerns the study of inland aquatic ecosystems (whether freshwater or saline, natural or manmade), including ...8 KB (1,108 words) - 08:43, 8 March 2023
- Eel is the common name for any of the various members of the fish order Anguilliformes, which are characterized by an elongated, snake-like body ...9 KB (1,257 words) - 04:30, 21 November 2020
- Mussel is the common term for members of several families of freshwater and marine bivalve mollusks. This is not a precise grouping, as these ...14 KB (2,096 words) - 02:38, 11 March 2023
- An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water where freshwater from one or more rivers or streams mixes with saltwater from the sea. Estuaries ...10 KB (1,449 words) - 04:23, 22 March 2024
- Diatomaceous earth (also known as DE, diatomite, diahydro, kieselguhr, kieselgur, and celite) is a soft, chalk-like sedimentary rock. It consists ...8 KB (1,106 words) - 12:00, 29 January 2024
- A planarian is any flatworm (phylum Platyhelminthes) of the suborder (or order) Tricladida of the class Turbellaria. Primarily free-living, planarians ...7 KB (1,024 words) - 20:44, 9 April 2023
- Slate is a fine-grained, homogeneous, metamorphic rock. It is derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ...5 KB (686 words) - 22:49, 29 January 2023
- Gastrotricha is a phylum of microscopic, free-living, aquatic worms, characterized by bilateral symmetry and an acoelomate body plan. These animals ...12 KB (1,482 words) - 07:54, 23 January 2023
- Daphnia is a genus of small, aquatic, mostly freshwater crustaceans, generally between .2 and 5 mm (.008 to .2 inches) in length, belonging ...12 KB (1,826 words) - 22:15, 25 January 2024
- Herring is the common name for any of the various fish comprising the Clupeiformes family Clupeidae, a large family that includes many of the ...15 KB (2,224 words) - 22:35, 1 January 2023
- Nemertea is a phylum of largely aquatic invertebrate animals also known as ribbon worms or proboscis worms and characterized by long, thin, unsegmented ...11 KB (1,500 words) - 04:29, 11 March 2023
- Flounder is a common name for various marine fish in the Order Pleuronectiformes (flatfish), and in particular those comprising the families ...11 KB (1,577 words) - 17:43, 28 March 2024
- The fish hook is a device for catching fish either by impaling them in the mouth or, more rarely, by snagging the body of the fish. Fish hooks ...14 KB (2,184 words) - 17:26, 28 March 2024
- Michael Praetorius (February 15, 1571 – February 15, 1621) was a German composer, organist, and writer on music. He was one of the most versatile ...3 KB (369 words) - 17:08, 9 November 2022
- Crayfish, or crawfish, is the common name for almost exclusively freshwater crustaceans comprising the arthropod families Astacidae, Cambaridae ...15 KB (2,268 words) - 00:19, 15 January 2023
- Lungfish is any sarcopterygian fish of the taxon Dipnoi, characterized by platelike teeth and lobed, paired fins, with modern forms typified ...13 KB (1,608 words) - 03:04, 5 November 2022
- True shrimp are swimming, decapod crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, characterized by a body that is compressed from side to side ...12 KB (1,739 words) - 20:04, 21 April 2023
- An otter is any member of 13 extant species of semi-aquatic and aquatic, carnivorous mammals comprising six genera within the family Mustelidae ...15 KB (2,407 words) - 10:52, 11 March 2023
- Lamprey is the common name for elongated, eel-like, jawless fish comprising the family Petromyzontidae, characterized by a primitive vertebrae ...18 KB (2,541 words) - 20:56, 22 October 2022
- Trout is the common name for several species of freshwater and anadromous fish in the family Salmonidae, whose members also include salmon, whitefish ...11 KB (1,552 words) - 17:10, 5 November 2022
