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to cultivate / to breed / to foster / to nurture / to educate / to groom (for a position) / education / fostering / culture (biology)
HSK 4
to organize / organization / (biology) tissue / (textiles) weave / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
cell (biology)
HSK 6
metabolism (biology) / the new replaces the old (idiom)
HSK 7-9
ancestors; forebears / (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved
HSK 7-9
(biology) dormant / (of a volcano) dormant / (computing) to hibernate
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *株* | 株* | *株
tree trunk / stump (tree root) / a plant / classifier for trees or plants / strain (biology) / to involve others (in shady business)
HSK 7-9
to metamorphose (biology) / abnormal / perverted / hentai / (slang) pervert
newborn / nascent / primary (biology)
biology
(biology) a mutation; a variety / a variant; a variety
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *腋* | 腋* | *腋
armpit / (biology) axilla / (botany) axil / Taiwan pr. [yi4]
parasite (biology) / (fig.) freeloader
(biology) host
producer (of goods, commodities or farm produce etc) / manufacturer / (biology) autotroph
homology (biology) / a common origin
body cavity / coelom (biology)
(biology) oocyte; ovocyte
vacuole (biology)
assimilation / anabolism (biology) / constructive metabolism (using energy to make proteins etc)
zygote (biology)
diploid (in cell biology)
uvula (biology)
morphology (in biology or linguistics)
to concentrate / to gather / (biology) to agglutinate
catabolism (biology) / metabolic breaking down and waste disposal / dissimilation
(biology) vibrio
(old) (biology) to have a commensal relationship with (another organism)
atavism (biology)
submaxillary glands (biology)
molecular biology
(biology) mother cell; matricyte
mesenchymal (tissue, in cell biology)
catabolism (biology) / metabolic breaking down and waste disposal / dissimilation
Kingdom Plantae (biology)
cell biology
anabolism (biology) / constructive metabolism (using energy to make proteins etc) / assimilation
(biology) blastocyst
prepharynx (biology)
(chemistry, biology) precursor
developmental biology
Class Magnoliopsida (biology)
integument (biology)
base pair (molecular biology)
(biology) subphylum (in zoological taxonomy); subdivision (in the taxonomy of plants or fungi)
(biology) to mediate
(biology) to have a commensal relationship with (another organism)
(biology) to have a commensal relationship with (another organism)
(biology) class Amphibia
kilobase pair (molecular biology)
ootype (site of egg composition in flatworm biology)
vitelline glands / vitellaria (in biology)
(molecular biology) reverse transcription
(evolutionary biology) analogous
cyclostome (marine biology)
directionality (molecular biology)
prion (molecular biology)
core / pellet / central bulge / caryosphere (biology)
organism (biology) / airframe (aeronautics)
clade (biology)
coccidia (biology)
euglena (biology)
(biology) specific epithet
(biology) specific epithet
(biology) specific epithet
Trichoplax adhaerens (biology)
(biology) propagule
(biology) blastodermic vesicle
(biology) autotroph
stock breeding (biology)
compatibility / affinity (biology)
mesenchymal stem cell MSC (in cell biology)
spicule (in biology) / bone needle (in archaeology)
myeloperoxidase (aka MPO) (molecular biology)
Golgi complex (in cell biology)


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