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Across
1. A thin partition.
4. Abbreviation for et alii meaning
and others; used in author
citations where the initial
authorīs name is followed by et
al. to indicate there are more
authors.
5. Having a narrow range of tolerance
to a given environmental factor.
8. Prefix meaning beyond.
9. A cutting tooth, typically wider
than thick and somewhat chisel-
shaped, usually in the front of
the mouth, e.g. Argus, Charax,
Qblada (Sparidae). Any of the
teeth at the front of the mouth,
between the canines, in either
jaw. The incisors have sharp edges
fitted for cutting.
10. Twisted, coiled.
11. Sloughing of the epidermis or
cuticle, especially in crustaceans.
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Down
2. The ability of a measurement to
repeatedly obtain the same value.
3. Meaning after, between, among,
change, transformation, distal to,
beyond, behind (prefix).
4. In ichthyology, an individual of a
species which has been transported
to an area in which it cannot
reproduce and from which it cannot
return except by chance, e.g. the
myctophid, Lobianchia dofleini, in
the western Atlantic.
5. A transparent membrane covering
the eye. Petromyzontidae have a
primary spectacle that is an
unattached modification of the
cornea while other fishes may have
a secondary spectacle formed from
skin originally fused to the
cornea and subsequently separated.
The secondary spectacle is found
in fish that live in habitats with
abrasive substrates or in fish
with protruding eyes that require
some streamlining.
6. A dispersion of extremely finely
divided material throughout a
vehicle. Colloids have little or
no tendency to dialyze and have
small or zero freezing point
depression.
7. Stiff or composed of spines.
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