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(Encyclopedia)wax, substance secreted by glands on the abdomen of the bee and known commonly as beeswax; also various substances resembling beeswax. Waxes are mixtures comprising chiefly esters of monohydroxy alcoh...blue whale
(Encyclopedia)blue whale, a baleen whale, Balaenoptera musculus. Also called the sulphur-bottom whale and Sibbald's rorqual, it is the largest animal that has ever lived. Blue whales have been known to reach a leng...whale shark
(Encyclopedia)whale shark, large, plankton-eating shark, Rhincodon typus, found in all tropical seas of the world. Whale sharks are the largest fish in the world. A female typically reaches about 46 ft (14 m) in le...baleen
(Encyclopedia)baleen: see whale.rorqual
(Encyclopedia)rorqual: see whale.whalebone
(Encyclopedia)whalebone: see whale.bowhead whale
(Encyclopedia)bowhead whale: see right whale.Greenland right whale
(Encyclopedia)Greenland right whale: see right whale. ...sulphur-bottom whale
(Encyclopedia)sulphur-bottom whale: see blue whale. ...fertilization
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Fertilization of an egg cell fertilization, in biology, process in the reproduction of both plants and animals, involving the union of two unlike sex cells (gametes), the sperm and the ovum, f...Browse by Subject
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