Fooled for Love: Australian Cuttlefish Disguises Himself to Get a Date

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	Term	Definition
	cuttlefish	ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell
	disguise	the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance
	spawning grounds	area of ocean to produce offspring; to give rise to
	genes	a basic biological unit that passes on characteristics from parent to child
	generation	here in the reading, the group of cuttlefish that will be born to the present group of cuttlefish
	remote	far distant in space
	guard	protect
	rendezvous	meeting
	instinctually	using an inborn behavior that involves a response to a stimulus
	sneaky	marked by deception
	swell up	expand abnormally
	acquiring	coming into the possession of something concrete or abstract
	mate	the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
	mating	the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
	majority	the greater number or part; more than half
	mimic	to imitate
	sperm	the male reproductive cell
	fertilize	introduce semen into (a female)
	DNA	the double stranded molecule that contains the genetic code, Deoxyribonucleic acid
	fitness	good physical condition
	cleverness	ingenuity (n)
	gamble	a risky act or venture

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Creator	bklockhart
Created	March 6, 2008
Group	Reading & Vocabulary 400 at UC Davis Extension
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Vocabulary from p.112 of text.

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