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Komodo dragon
(Encyclopedia) Komodo dragon: see monitor, in zoology.argonaut, in zoology
(Encyclopedia) argonaut, in zoology: see paper nautilus.zoology
(Encyclopedia) zoology, branch of biology concerned with the study of animal life. From earliest times animals have been vitally important to man; cave art demonstrates the practical and mystical…Frisch, Karl von
(Encyclopedia) Frisch, Karl vonFrisch, Karl vonfrĭsh [key], 1887–1982, Austrian zoologist, b. Vienna, Austria. He studied zoology with Richard von Hertwig, whom he later succeeded as professor of…Medawar, Sir Peter Brian
(Encyclopedia) Medawar, Sir Peter BrianMedawar, Sir Peter Brianmĕdˈəwär [key], 1915–87, British zoologist, b. Brazil. After graduate work at Oxford, he held research and teaching posts there. He was…Oregon, University of
(Encyclopedia) Oregon, University of, mainly at Eugene; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1872, opened 1876. Its is one of seven institutions in the Oregon Univ. System. The university has…medusa, in zoology
(Encyclopedia) medusa, in zoology, scientific name for the jellyfish, i.e., the free-swimming stage of various animals in the phylum Cnidaria. See polyp and medusa.Whitman, Charles Otis
(Encyclopedia) Whitman, Charles Otis, 1842–1910, American zoologist, b. Woodstock, Maine, grad. Bowdoin, 1868, Ph.D. Univ. of Leipzig, 1878. From 1892 he was professor of zoology at the Univ. of…Milne-Edwards, Henri
(Encyclopedia) Milne-Edwards, HenriMilne-Edwards, HenriäNrēˈ mēlˌnādwärsˈ [key], 1800–1885, French naturalist. He became professor at the Sorbonne (1843) and served at the Museum of Natural History,…Spemann, Hans
(Encyclopedia) Spemann, HansSpemann, Hanshäns shpāˈmän [key], 1869–1941, German embryologist. He was professor of zoology (1919–35) at the Univ. of Freiburg. By transplanting embryonic tissue to a…Trending
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