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nocturnal
URI:
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q309179
Definition:
animal behavior characterized by activity during the night and sleeping during the day
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bilaterally symmetric
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
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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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fish
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https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q152
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vertebrate animal that lives in water and (typically) has gills
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https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q47253
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animals that typically have a long tube-like body
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https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1390
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a class of mainly terrestrial arthropods
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amphibians
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https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q10908
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class of tetrapods, whose living forms include frogs, toads, salamanders, newts and caecilians
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A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.
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freshwater
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873
Definition:
A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.
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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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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000064
Definition:
One female has an exclusive mating relationship with two or more males
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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 Nearctic
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q737742
Definition:
one of the eight terrestrial ecozones constituting the Earth's land surface
Attribution:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecozone_Nearctic.svg
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parental care
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protection
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2251595
Definition:
action or precaution against a threat against an uncertainty or possible unpleasant events
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paternal care
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http://eol.org/schema/terms/paternalCare
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social system
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solitary
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/solitary
Definition:
Solitary animals are those that spend a majority of their lives without others of their species, with possible exceptions for mating and raising their young. Antonyms for a solitary animal include a social animal or a colonial animal.
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invertivore
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http://eol.org/schema/terms/invertivore
Definition:
An organism that feed on invertebrate animals (insects, crustaceans, molluscs, worms, etc.)
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insectivore
URI:
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q677088
Definition:
organism that eats insects.
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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
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Crustacean body sizes
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