Paddock 



A small Enclosure in a grassland. 



Poedogenesis 



Reproduction occurring in larval or other young stages 

 of an animal. cf. Neoteny. 



Paedomorphosis 



The evolutionary process in which a character of an im- 

 mature stage of an organism appears in the adult stage, cf. 

 Neoteny. 



Palafability 



The acceptability of food by domestic or wild animals as 

 shown by their preferences; in range management often used 

 for utilization of forage, especially the proper degree of use 

 under good management, cf. Proper use factor. 



Palearctic 



One of the four continental faunal regions in the realm 

 Megagea (q. v.). It includes Eurasia north of the Tropics and 

 the northernmost part of Africa. 



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