Vocabulary

lower secondary education (e.g. middle school)

aposematic coloration (colouration)

cryptic coloration (colouration); camouflage

nuptial coloration (colouration)

dominance

inapparent infection; subclinical infection

episome

germ cell; generative cell; reproductive cell

somatic cell

somatic cell division (i.e. mitosis)

multicellular organism

amitosis

direct division (i.e. amitosis)

hydraulic excavator; power shovel; digger

daughter cell

daughter nucleus

mother nucleus

homeostasis

homeosis

meiosis

mutationism

phylogeny; phylogenesis

polygene

polymorphism; multiformity

axillary bud; lateral bud

lateral bud

terminal bud; apical bud

Laportea bulbifera (species of nettle-like plant)

bud scale (scaly leaf protecting a bud)

scale leaf

scale leaf (forming part of a bulb)

granuloma

granulation tissue; proud flesh

power shovel; excavator

small toy included with food

changing one's attitude or conduct and making a new start; turning over a new leaf

telephone counselling service

katakana word; word written in katakana

katakana dictionary; loanword dictionary

plain postcard with a self-drawn illustration and a few words