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bilaterally symmetric
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
Definition:
being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves
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tropical
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000204
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Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873
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A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.
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swamp
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000233
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A wetland that features permanent inundation of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water, generally with a substantial number of hummocks, or dry-land protrusions.
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Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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freshwater
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A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.
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tropical moist broadleaf forest
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000228
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swimming
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0036268
Definition:
Self-propelled movement of an organism from one location to another through water, often by means of active fin movement.
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actively mobile
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http://eol.org/schema/terms/activelyMobile
Definition:
uses self-propelled locomotion to change location on a regular basis
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The Neotropics
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q217151
Definition:
one of the eight terrestrial ecozones constituting the Earth's land surface
Attribution:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecozone_Neotropic.svg
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paternal care
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female provides care
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/parentalCareFemale
Definition:
the female feeds and nurtures offspring
Attribution:
Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109(27):10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109
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vertivore
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http://eol.org/schema/terms/vertivore
Definition:
carnivorous animal which eats primarily vertebrates
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piscivore
URI:
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1420208
Definition:
carnivorous animal which eats primarily fish.
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carnivore
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875
Definition:
organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue
Attribution:
Crustacean body sizes
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