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Natural environment

Related to any physical feature of the earth's natural environment.

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apomorph

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A derived character differing from the ancestral condition.

sea cow

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A large, herbivorous aquatic mammal of the order Sirenia that contains two Recent families: Dugongidae for the genera Dugong (dugong, one species) and Hydrodamalis (Steller's sea ...

blotch

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A patch or a spot of pigment with irregular edges.

dinghy

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A small open boat.

ancestral trait

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A trait shared by a group of organisms as a result of descent from a common ancestor.

telolecithal

Natural environment; Coral reefs

An egg cell in which the yolk is not evenly distibuted throughout the cytoplasm, but is concentrated in one location, and cleavage is incomplete, e.g., a bird egg.

saprophyte

Natural environment; Coral reefs

Any plant that lives and feeds on dead organic matter.

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