环节 環節 huán jié (zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc) / (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc syn 蝙蝠 biān fú (zoology) bat syn 海豹 hǎi bào (zoology) seal 海绵 海綿 hǎi mián (zoology) sea sponge / (esp.) dried sea sponge / sponge (made from polyester or cellulose etc) / foam rubber 臭虫 臭蟲 chòu chóng bedbug (Cimex lectularius) / tick syn 鼹鼠 鼴鼠 yǎn shǔ mole (zoology) syn 母体 母體 mǔ tǐ (zoology, medicine) mother's body / (chemistry etc) parent / matrix / (statistics) population / parent population 发情 發情 fā qíng (zoology) (of a female) to be in heat / (of a male) to be in rut 蚯蚓 qiū yǐn (zoology) earthworm syn 嘀嗒 dī dā (onom.) tick tock 动物学 動物學 dòng wù xué zoological / zoology 对号 對號 duì hào tick / check mark (✓) / number for verification (serial number, seat number etc) / (fig.) two things match up 滴答 dī dā (onom.) pattering sound / drip drip (of water) / tick tock (of clock) / also pr. [di1 da5] syn 勾出 gōu chū to delineate / to articulate / to evoke / to draw out / to tick off 螨虫 蟎蟲 mǎn chóng mite (zoology) 打钩 打鉤 dǎ gōu to tick / to check / tick mark / check mark 勾 gōu to attract / to arouse / to tick / to strike out / to delineate / to collude / variant of 鉤|钩[gou1], hook syn 钩 鉤 gōu to hook / to sew / to crochet / hook / check mark or tick / window catch syn 鼬 yòu (zoology) weasel 换牙 換牙 huàn yá to grow replacement teeth (zoology) / to grow permanent teeth in place of milk teeth 须子 鬚子 xū zi feelers (zoology) / tassel (botany) syn 幼崽 yòu zǎi (zoology) the young / immature offspring 滴答声 滴答聲 dī da shēng tick (tock) 介壳 介殼 jiè qiào (zoology) shell syn 蛞蝓 kuò yú (zoology) slug 树懒 樹懶 shù lǎn sloth (zoology) 狨 róng marmoset (zoology) 杂食 雜食 zá shí omnivorous (zoology) / snacks / a varied diet 鲹 鰺 shēn carangid (zoology) 壁虱 bì shī tick / bedbug syn 卡答声，滴答声 卡答聲，滴答聲 kǎ dā shēng , dī da shēng (onom.) clunk click / tick tock 啲咑 dī dā tick-tock (sound of clock) 打勾 dǎ gōu to check / to tick / (old) to buy 蜱咬病 pí yǎo bìng tick-bite sickness / informal term for 發熱伴血小板減少綜合徵|发热伴血小板减少综合征[fa1 re4 ban4 xue4 xiao3 ban3 jian3 shao3 zong1 he2 zheng1] 蜱虫 蜱蟲 pí chóng tick (the parasitic arachnid) 泄殖腔 洩殖腔 xiè zhí qiāng (zoology) cloaca / cloacal cavity 叶口蝠科 葉口蝠科 yè kǒu fú kē (zoology) New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae) 伶鼬 líng yòu weasel / Mustela nivalis (zoology) 倍足纲 倍足綱 bèi zú gāng Diplopoda (zoology) 偶蹄 ǒu tí artiodactyl (zoology) 小蠹 xiǎo dù bark beetle (zoology) 山羌 shān qiāng (zoology) Reeves's muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi) / Chinese muntjac 布氏非鲫 布氏非鯽 bù shì fēi jì zebra tilapia / Tilapia buttikoferi (zoology) 树獭 樹獺 shù tǎ (zoology) sloth (rare – the standard term is 樹懶|树懒[shu4lan3]) 獴科 měng kē Herpestidae (zoology) 精巢 jīng cháo (zoology) spermary / (in higher animals) testicle syn 臀疣 tún yóu monkey's seat pads (zoology) syn 自然史 zì rán shǐ natural history (i.e. botany and zoology) 钱串子 錢串子 qián chuàn zi string of copper coins (in ancient China) / (fig.) an overly money-oriented person / (zoology) centipede syn 双壳类 雙殼類 shuāng ké lèi (zoology) bivalve 青鼬 qīng yòu weasel / Martes flavigula (zoology) 鹞鲼 鷂鱝 yào fèn bonnet skate (zoology) 黄颔蛇 黃頷蛇 huáng hàn shé adder (zoology) 多孔动物门 多孔動物門 duō kǒng dòng wù mén (zoology) phylum Porifera (sponges) 沧龙 滄龍 cāng lóng (zoology) mosasaur 麝猫 麝貓 shè māo civet (zoology) 有袋类 有袋類 yǒu dài lèi (zoology) marsupial 瞬膜 shùn mó nictitating membrane (zoology) 鼩鼱 qú jīng shrew (zoology) 蓟马 薊馬 jì mǎ (zoology) thrips (order Thysanoptera) / thunderbug 凤头鹦鹉 鳳頭鸚鵡 fèng tóu yīng wǔ cockatoo (zoology) 海狸鼠 hǎi lí shǔ (zoology) coypu / nutria syn 麝香猫 麝香貓 shè xiāng māo civet (zoology) 沧龙科 滄龍科 cāng lóng kē (zoology) family Mosasauridae 第三眼睑 第三眼瞼 dì sān yǎn jiǎn nictitating membrane (zoology) 僧帽水母 sēng mào shuǐ mǔ (zoology) Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis) 囊胚 náng pēi (zoology) blastula / (mammology) blastocyst 凯门鳄 凱門鱷 kǎi mén è (zoology) caiman 卵鞘 luǎn qiào (invertebrate zoology) ootheca 合弓纲 合弓綱 hé gōng gāng (zoology) Synapsida 小羊驼 小羊駝 xiǎo yáng tuó (zoology) vicuña 幼仔 yòu zǎi (zoology) the young / immature offspring 断尾 斷尾 duàn wěi (zoology) (of a lizard etc) to shed its tail / to autotomize its tail / (animal husbandry) to cut the tail short / to dock the tail 泄殖肛孔 xiè - zhí gāng kǒng (zoology) cloaca 第三眼睑 第三眼瞼 dì - sān yǎn jiǎn (zoology) nictitating membrane 鲂𫚒 魴鮄 fáng fú (zoology) gurnard / sea robin 