Biology · Glossary

What is Parts of the body?

Also known as: head · limb · tail

Definition 2.4 Primary & Middle School Biology · Chapter 2 — Animals Around Us

Most animals have a head (with the mouth and most sense organs), a body, and limbs — legs, wings or fins — that they use to move. Many also have a tail.

The parts of a cat’s body: head, body, four legs, tail.
The parts of a cat’s body: head, body, four legs, tail.

Examples

Example 2.5 (Count the legs)

Legs come in numbers worth counting. The blackbird walks on 22 legs, the cat on 44, the ladybug on 66, the spider on 88 — and the earthworm and the snail have no legs at all, yet they still get where they are going.

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