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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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scrubland
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000300
Definition:
Area covered with low-growing or stunted perennial vegetation and usually not mixed with trees.
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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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forest
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000174
Definition:
A forest biome is a terrestrial biome which includes, across its entire spatial extent, densely packed vegetation which strongly limits light penetration to the forest floor.
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Preliminary definition.
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tropical moist broadleaf forest
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000367
Definition:
self-propelled movement of an organism from one location to another through the air, usually by means of active wing movement
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actively mobile
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http://eol.org/schema/terms/activelyMobile
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uses self-propelled locomotion to change location on a regular basis
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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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The Neotropics
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q217151
Definition:
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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