the science that studies living organisms | a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning |
all the plant and animal life of a particular region | any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts |
characteristic life processes and phenomena of living organisms | a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc. |
| any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object |
| (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle |