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Q.

Nitrogenous waste is excreted in the form of pellet or paste by :

  1. A

    Ornithorhynchus

  2. B

    Salamandra

  3. C

    Hippocampus

  4. D

    Pavo

Solution

Birds, reptiles, and land snails excrete nitrogenous waste mainly as uric acid in the form of a semi-solid pellet or paste, which conserves body water.

Among the listed options, Pavo (peacock) is a bird and exhibits this uricotelic excretion. The others are a monotreme mammal (Ornithorhynchus), an amphibian (Salamandra), and a fish (Hippocampus), none of which excrete uric acid as the principal nitrogenous waste in pellet form.

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