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Life Cycles 생활주기 관련 단어 영영풀이

kdom(케이돔) 2014. 10. 30. 16:27

[Life Cycles 생활주기 관련 단어 영영풀이]

 

tadpole

noun : a baby frog, toad, or other amphibian

 

adolescent

noun : a person who is between childhood and adulthood


adult

noun : the stage in which a person or other animal is fully developed


childhood

noun : the stage in the human life cycle after infancy


chrysalis

noun : the pupal stage of a butterfly; the stiff outer casing during the pupal stage of a butterfly's life cycle


cocoon

noun : the silky covering around a larva during its change into an adult


develop

verb : to grow into a more advanced form


egg

noun : the beginning stage in the life cycle of many living things


embryo

noun : the early stage during which a living thing begins to grow


froglet

noun : a small frog that is changing from a tadpole to an adult


germinate

verb : to begin to grow from a seed


hibernate

verb : to go into a state of deep sleep, often during winter


infant

noun : a human baby


larva

noun : the silky covering around a larva during its change into an adult


life cycle

noun : the stages of change that an organism goes through during its life


mammal

noun : a warm-blooded animal with a backbone and hair or fur that nurses its young and has babies that are born live


migrate

verb : to move from one habitat or region to another at a certain time each year


monarch

noun : a large, colorful butterfly found in North America


nymph

noun : an immature form of certain kinds of insects that does not look very different from its adult form


organism

noun : a living thing


pupa

noun : an immature insect in the stage between a larva and an adult


quadruplets

noun : four babies born in one birth


quintuplets

noun : five babies born in one birth


seedling

noun : a young, developing plant that has grown from a seed


stage

noun : a specific period of time in the growth or development of something, such as an insect


triplets

noun : three babies born in one birth


twins

noun : two babies born in one birth

 

metamorphosis

noun : an animal's change from one shape to a totally different shape