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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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| Fauna||all of the animal life of any particular region or time.||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fauna | | Fauna||all of the animal life of any particular region or time.||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fauna | ||
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| Flora||the plant life occurring in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring or | | Flora||the plant life occurring in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring or indigenous native plant life||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flora | ||
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| Gene Ontology||major bioinformatics initiative to unify the representation of gene and gene product attributes across all species||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Ontology | |||
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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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| Holocene||a geological epoch which began at the end of the Pleistocene | | Holocene||a geological epoch which began at the end of the Pleistocene (around 12,000 14C years ago) and continues to the present||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene | ||
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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|| | ||
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| | | Macro-organisms||large enough to be seen by an unaided eye|| | ||
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| Macrofungi||the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushroom | | Macrofungi||the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushroom | ||
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| Neogene||a geologic period and system in the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) Geologic Timescale starting 23.03 ± 0.05 million years ago and ending 2.588 million years ago||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neogene | | Neogene||a geologic period and system in the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) Geologic Timescale starting 23.03 ± 0.05 million years ago and ending 2.588 million years ago||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neogene | ||
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| | | Non-vascular Plant ||plants without a vascular system (xylem and phloem)||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-vascular_plant | ||
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| Oligocene||a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 34 million to 23 million years before the present (33.9±0.1 to 23.03±0.05 Ma)||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligocene | | Oligocene||a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 34 million to 23 million years before the present (33.9±0.1 to 23.03±0.05 Ma)||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligocene | ||
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| Ornithology||the study of birds||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithology | | Ornithology||the study of birds||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithology | ||
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| | | Paleomammalogy||the branch of zoology that studies the mammals of past geologic ages|| | ||
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| Paleontology||study of prehistoric life||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleontology | | Paleontology||study of prehistoric life||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleontology | ||
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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 | ||
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| | | Phylogenetic||study of evolutionary relation among groups of organisms (e.g. species, populations), which is discovered through molecular sequencing data and morphological data matrices||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phylogenetic | ||
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| | | Semantic||relation between signifiers, such as words, phrases, signs, and symbols, and what they stand for, their denotata.||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantics | ||
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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 | ||
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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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