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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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Parent(s) provide neither food nor thermoregulation (e.g., pheasants and ducks)
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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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https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q152
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vertebrate animal that lives in water and (typically) has gills
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phylum of invertebrate animals
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subphylum of arthropods
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An open ocean region.
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has sexual dimorphism
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male larger
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Auto-added during harvest #67. A human needs to edit this.
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Fairbairn
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makes regular daily or seasonal movements between different regions or habitats
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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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Arctic Ocean
URI:
http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1906
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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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protection
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https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2251595
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action or precaution against a threat against an uncertainty or possible unpleasant events
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provisioning
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https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2874419
Definition:
supplying materials, especially food
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group living
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/socialGroupLiving
Definition:
where individuals of the same species (conspecifics), maintain spatial proximity with one another over time with mechanisms of social attraction
Attribution:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_living
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piscivore
URI:
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1420208
Definition:
carnivorous animal which eats primarily fish.
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molluscivore
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3319613
Definition:
carnivorous animal that specialises in feeding on molluscs
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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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invertivore
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/invertivore
Definition:
An organism that feed on invertebrate animals (insects, crustaceans, molluscs, worms, etc.)
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