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active primarily during dawn and dusk
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animal behavior characterized by activity during the night and sleeping during the day
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animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.
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having equal proportion around a central point or axis
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phylum of animals
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polyphyletic group of photosynthetic nonvascular organisms
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Living at the bottom of a body of water.
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A member of one sex mates with any member of the opposite sex
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uses self-propelled locomotion to change location on a regular basis
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The Neotropics
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https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q217151
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one of the eight terrestrial ecozones constituting the Earth's land surface
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecozone_Neotropic.svg
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The Nearctic
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https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q737742
Definition:
one of the eight terrestrial ecozones constituting the Earth's land surface
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecozone_Nearctic.svg
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URI:
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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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detritivore
URI:
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Definition:
organism that obtains nutrients by consuming detritus
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algivore
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https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7486201
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consumer that eats algae
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carnivore
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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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herbivore
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https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q59099
Definition:
animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material
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invertivore
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http://eol.org/schema/terms/invertivore
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An organism that feed on invertebrate animals (insects, crustaceans, molluscs, worms, etc.)
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