(Buteo albonotatus), a medium-sized hawk of warm, dry parts of the Americas

plural of zone-tailed hawk

(rare) A massage technique in which heated stones and herbal balls are applied to the feet and lower leg using specific finger and hand techniques, as well as movement manipulation.

The zone near the equator where mixing occurs between the two tropical zones of the atmosphere.

plural of continuously habitable zone

plural of galactic habitable zone

(astrobiology, astronomy) the restricted zone around a sun where the ever shifting habitable zone is always present throughout the main sequence lifetime of that star.

(astrobiology, astronomy) the zone in a disk galaxy lying within the disk which is neither too far from the core so as to be lacking in heavier elements, nor too close to the core as to experience excessive exposures to supernovae, where intelligent life may develop

plural of Fresnel zone plate

(physiology, neuroscience) An area of the medulla oblongata, located in the area postrema, that receives inputs from blood-borne drugs or hormones, and communicates with other structures in the vomiting center to initiate vomiting.