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Title A dictionary of zoology / edited by Michael Allaby
Edition Second edition
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1999

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 MELB  591.03 Con/Doz 1999  AVAILABLE
Description 597 pages : illustrations ; 20cm
Series Oxford paperback reference
Oxford paperback reference.
Contents Endangered animals -- The universal genetic code -- Geologic time-scale
Summary "This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date dictionary of zoology available. Covering all aspects of the study of animals, and now fully revised for this new edition, it is ideal for students and will be invaluable to amateur naturalists."--BOOK JACKET. "Over 5,000 entries; wide coverage including animal behaviour, ecology, physiology, genetics, cytology, evolution, earth history, and zoogeography; full taxonomic coverage of arthropods, other invertebrates, fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals; and new material on genetics, evolutionary studies, and mammalian physiology."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Rev. ed. of: Concise Oxford dictionary of zoology. 1991
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Subject Zoology -- Dictionaries.
Genre/Form Dictionaries.
Dictionaries.
Author Allaby, Michael.
Oxford University Press.
LC no. 98009810
ISSN 0192800760
ISBN 0192800760 paperback
019860758X
Other Titles Zoology
Oxford dictionary of zoology
OTHER TI Concise Oxford dictionary of zoology. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2014144157
Other Titles Oxford dictionary of zoology