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An [[egg]] is an organic container within which the embryos of some organisms grow.

...ntirely of organisms; many [[intelligence|intelligent]] [[race]]s are also organisms, including [[human]]s. ...study of life in general (more usually called [[etory]]), and the study of organisms in particular is called "eubiology", but this usage, already in the minorit

...two phenomena are related, and that the élan âmal from dying organisms somehow becomes the gravitational élan motif, but no really satisfac ...source not only of motion in Usm, but also of [[vital magic|magic]]. All organisms can manipulate élan vital to some extent—they do so to move an

...behind biological evolution is [[natural selection]], the process by which organisms with traits that tend to make them slightly more likely to survive and repr ...ds themselves), but where that life, again, sufficiently resembles evolved organisms to be placed in the same taxa. In any case, even where such life forms did

...ization covering numerous [[planet]]s. Nelder develop from three separate organisms, a fact that has a number of consequences for their biology and culture. F ...ngle nelde. The process of the yanwe takes several days, during which the organisms remain in close contact. Neither the mapar, nor the laman, nor the nu is p

...reason are incapable of interbreeding. Furthermore, it fails to apply to organisms that reproduce asexually, and is rendered problematic by the phenomenon of ...eproducing organisms, a species is more or less defined as a population of organisms that is more or less reproductively isolated, that reproduces exclusively,

...le solid matter aside from the worlddisks, and while there are some living organisms native to dreamspace they're certainly far sparser than on the disks. But

...e restrictive, referring to a particular [[kingdom (taxonomy)|kingdom]] of organisms. A [[race]] is an [[ellogy|ellogous]] species of life form, one capable of ...The study of the internal structure of living things (again, especially of organisms) is called [[anatomy]]. The study of cyclical phenomena in life forms' beh

...ism|commensal]] organisms; others may be induced by [[parasite|parasitic]] organisms to develop structures they would not otherwise bear.

...sense, still qualify as evolution, in the sense that they have to do with organisms changing over time into different forms; they just wouldn't be evolution by

The word "flora" is also used to describe all the floral organisms of a particular area or environment. When it is necessary to disambiguate Collectively, the flora, fauna, and other organisms of an area or environment may be referred to as the local [[biota]].

...he ancestors of modern plants became multicellular by separate unicellular organisms joining together colonially, while the ancestors of animals and fungi were

...l method of [[reproduction]], replenishing their numbers by causing larger organisms to split into a number of new sanhvin. Sanhvin are [[omnivore|omnivorous]], eating any organisms in their habitat that they are able to catch. Some sanhvin colonies or ind

...zone, which stretches for nearly a kilometer in places and is home to some organisms unique to the area. Most of these creatures are small and inoffensive, but

Often life is defined according to a set of particular criteria. Living organisms take in nutrients, reproduce, and react to their environments. While such ...mingle the [[gene]]s that direct their form and development, although many organisms can reproduce simply by [[binary fission|dividing in two]], or by yet other

...onic blasts is that they can be easily heard from a distance, giving other organisms in the vicinity warning that a qennis is on the hunt nearby. Of course, th

...thrive in the whitewoods, able to subsist on the undead plants where most organisms could not, and in turn some small [[animal]]s are able to get by by eating ...ion in the first place, and that then accumulates within some of the other organisms that feed on the undead plants, can be tapped for various purposes. Whitew

...ed constellation]] [[Chorione]] the Lizard. Choriontics only develop from organisms born under the center of Chorione, and only when the [[constellations of Vl [[Category:Transformed organisms of Vlastach]]

...that is capable of creating [[artifical organisms of Icathiria|artificial organisms]]. The [[zaheidi]] merit mention as forming the largest single-species gov

...se to a perceived threat. This "snailsblood" causes in the flesh of other organisms a highly painful burning sensation that may last for several hours, and lin

...dash;though clouds of methane and [[ammonia]] rather than [[water]]. Many organisms here have various ways of "seeing" through the cloud cover, such as the [[s ...ause of any inherent planetary processes, but because of the action of the organisms within. Among the largest residents of the turbulent zone, and among those

...er [[empire (etory)|empire]]s. This, too, is technically inaccurate; only organisms of the kingdom Animalia are technically animals. ...animal phyla include [[mollusk|Mollusca]], which encompasses such diverse organisms as snails, clams, and octopuses; [[Echinoderm]]ata, to which pertain sea ur

...they instinctively want to keep away places where there are too many other organisms at once.

...iving headquarters. In some forests, Dhaol Dwr has caused trees and other organisms to grow together into structures for their use, and under the seas Dhaol Dw ...ir own organs and appendages and later split off into full-fledged bizarre organisms. Another typical spell of Dhaol Dwr is the [[dreambeast (spell)|dreambeast

...ers and which in many species grow into long, dangerous spines. Like many organisms, gharns typically exhibit [[bilateral symmetry]] and a high level of [[ceph ...he [[circulatory system]] that the differences between the gharn and other organisms are perhaps most apparent; while gharns do ''have'' circulatory systems, th

...deadly poison, but it's enough to sicken those who consume it. Those few organisms that might decide to feed on it anyway are warded off by the colonies of de ...ut there are others that live there more or less long-term, including some organisms that specialize to dwell on ganulias as their sole or primary habitat. Amo

...d contain alien terrains found nowhere else on [[Curcalen]] and made up of organisms presumably from other [[plane]]s. Given that the kinds of plants and wildl

...hin its boundaries and goods manufactured there and buying other goods and organisms only found outside them. The zaheidi are particularly noted for their skil

*[[Glamour]], associated with the [[sanguine force]], affects living organisms, notably including deceiving or augmenting the senses, but also including e

...it could also be that some connection exists between them that causes some organisms evolved on one godworld to be mirrored on another through some feature of t

...nvolves genetic manipulation to create new organisms, or to alter existing organisms. She is quite conversant with preapocalyptic biology and genetics, but rec ...er the mutations she can bring about. She has created a number of mutated organisms, and has even bred a few species, most of which are unique to the island, a

...the ability of [[flight]] that brought them there, and some small or light organisms may somehow be brought to the shees by other means—some types of [[pl

...sms, although it seems that lulians are capable of digesting and living on organisms of certain other [[empire (taxonomy)|empire]]s if necessary. Lulians are [[duosexual]] organisms, with separate [[male]] and [[female]] genders. The [[genital]]ia of both

...every [[faunum]] living on the spines requires flat ground; some arboreal organisms, for instance, are quite happy sticking to the treetops and unbothered by t

...arcanum|arcana]] than due to any important similarity between the affected organisms. ...ten [[Wikipedia:lignin|lignin]]). While plants are not the only Tellurian organisms to possess cell walls, the composition is unique—the cell walls of fu

...], [[pepper]]s, [[apple]]s, and [[cinnamon]]. There are also some foreign organisms that have been brought accidentally to Chee and become invasive, including

...ff shells of xastres form a significant resource exploited by other marine organisms, including [[bone star]]s and [[twiddleworm]]s; while the xastre's [[cuticl

...w putrid and wormy. This is truer of the soft cheeses than the hard; some organisms may still burrow into hard wall cheese, but to a lesser degree, and it tend

...t of the average Nosan. It's not so much that Enigma ''hates'' biological organisms; rather, he seems to be completely indifferent to them, regarding them as n

...f the nuclear war has caused all sorts of bizarre mutations in many of the organisms that lived through it. The offspring of mutated creatures are also mutated ...ies. There are some pure strains of human mutant, just as of other mutant organisms, some of the most prevalent of which are the [[death's head]] and the [[qua

...substance that holds the [[genetics|genetic]] information of most [[Ses]]i organisms.