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| | | Arthropod||an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton (external skeleton), a segmented body, and jointed appendages||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropod | ||
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| Biodiversity||the degree of variation of life forms within a given species, ecosystem, biome, or an entire planet||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity | | Biodiversity||the degree of variation of life forms within a given species, ecosystem, biome, or an entire planet||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity | ||
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| Hemiptera||an order of insects most often known as the true bugs||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemiptera | | Hemiptera||an order of insects most often known as the true bugs||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemiptera | ||
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| Herbarium ||collection of preserved plant specimens|| | | Herbarium ||collection of preserved plant specimens||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbarium | ||
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| Herpetology || branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and gymnophiona) and reptiles (including snakes, lizards, amphisbaenids, turtles, terrapins, tortoises, crocodilians, and the tuataras)||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpetology | | Herpetology || branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and gymnophiona) and reptiles (including snakes, lizards, amphisbaenids, turtles, terrapins, tortoises, crocodilians, and the tuataras)||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpetology | ||
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| Hymenoptera||one of the largest orders of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees and ants||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymenoptera | | Hymenoptera||one of the largest orders of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees and ants||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymenoptera | ||
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| Lichens|| | | Lichens||composite organisms consisting of a symbiotic relationship between a fungus and a photosynthetic partner||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichen | ||
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| Locality||the fact or condition of having a location in space or time; a particular place, situation, or location|| | | Locality||the fact or condition of having a location in space or time; a particular place, situation, or location|| | ||
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| Parasitoids||an organism that spends a significant portion of its life history attached to or within a single host organism in a relationship that is in essence parasitic; unlike a true parasite, however, it ultimately sterilises or kills, and sometimes consumes, the host||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitoid | | Parasitoids||an organism that spends a significant portion of its life history attached to or within a single host organism in a relationship that is in essence parasitic; unlike a true parasite, however, it ultimately sterilises or kills, and sometimes consumes, the host||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitoid | ||
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| Pennsylvanian|| in the ICS geologic timescale, the younger of two subperiods (or upper of two subsystems) of the Carboniferous Period. It lasted from roughly 318.1 ± 1.3 to 299 ± 0.8 Ma (million years ago)||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvanian | | Pennsylvanian||in the ICS geologic timescale, the younger of two subperiods (or upper of two subsystems) of the Carboniferous Period. It lasted from roughly 318.1 ± 1.3 to 299 ± 0.8 Ma (million years ago)||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvanian | ||
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| Phenotype||the composite of an organism's observable characteristics or traits, such as its morphology, development, biochemical or physiological properties, phenology, behavior, and products of behavior (such as a bird's nest)||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenotype | | Phenotype||the composite of an organism's observable characteristics or traits, such as its morphology, development, biochemical or physiological properties, phenology, behavior, and products of behavior (such as a bird's nest)||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenotype | ||
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| Taxonomic||defining groups of biological organisms on the basis of shared characteristics and giving names to those groups||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxonomy | | Taxonomic||defining groups of biological organisms on the basis of shared characteristics and giving names to those groups||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxonomy | ||
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| Vascular Plant|| plants that have lignified tissues for conducting water, minerals, and photosynthetic products through the plant||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vascular_plant | | Vascular Plant||plants that have lignified tissues for conducting water, minerals, and photosynthetic products through the plant||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vascular_plant | ||
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| Zoology||the branch of biology that relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoology | | Zoology||the branch of biology that relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoology | ||
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