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A clutch of eggs hatching progressively, not at all together (synchronous)
[1]
.
Examples
[1]
[
]
It is found in the
Megapodes
.
References
[
]
^
a
b
Simpson & Day (1999).
A Field Guide to the Birds of Australia, 6th Edition
. Penguin.
ISBN
0-691-04995-5
.
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A
Abdomen
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Aberrant
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Abmigration
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Abrasion
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Absolute magnitude
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Absorption line
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Abyssal
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Abyssal plain
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Abyssal zone
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Accelerating universe
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Accidental
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Accretion
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Acquisition
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Active galaxy
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Active prominence
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Adaptive radiation
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Addition
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Adult
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Adult plumage
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Aerie
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African parrot
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Air mass
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Air sac
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Airfoil
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Alarm call
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Albedo
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Albino
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Allopatric
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Allopreening
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Altazimuth mounting
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Altitude
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Altricial
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Alula
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Americas
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Anadromous
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Anaerobic
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Anatomy
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Annual parallax
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Annual proper motion
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Annualar eclipse
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Anoxic
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Antarctic Circle
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Ant-follower
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Anterior
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Anticyclone
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Anting
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Antimatter
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Antiparticle
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Antiphonal song
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Aperture
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Apogee
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Apparent magnitude
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Arachnoid
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Arboreal
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Arctic Circle
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Argon
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Arm
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Asexual reproduction
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Asterism
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Asteroid
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Astronomical unit
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Asynchronous hatching
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Atmosphere
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Atoll
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Atom
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Auricular
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Auricular patch
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Aurora
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Autapomorphy
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Authigenic
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Autotroph
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Autumnal equinox
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Avian influenza
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Axillaries
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Azimuth
B
Back
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Background radiation
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Backshore
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Backwash
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Baleen
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Band
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Bank
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Bar
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Barbel
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Barbule
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Barnard
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Barrage
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Barred
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Barred spiral galaxy
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Barrier island
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Barrier reef
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Baryon
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Basal (phylogenetics)
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Basic I
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Basin
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Bathyal
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Beach face
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Belly
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Beryllium
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Benthos
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Berm
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Bib
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Big Bang
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Big Crunch
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Big Rip
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Binary star
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Binomial nomenclature
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Biodiversity
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Biogenic
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Bioluminescence
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Biomass
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Biome
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Bioturbation
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Bipedalism
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Bird anatomy
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Bird diets
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Bird egg
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Bird flight
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Bird hybrid
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Bird intelligence
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Bird migration
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Bird nest
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Bird of prey
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Bird reproduction
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Bird senses
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Bird song
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Black body
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Black dwarf star
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Black hole
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Black smoker
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Blazar
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BL lacterae object
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Bloom
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Blue shift
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Body fossil
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Bok globule
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Booted
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Bore
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Brackish
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Breaker zone
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Breakwater
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Breast
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Breastband
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Breeding plumage
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Brood parasite
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Brown dwarf star
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Bustle
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Buzzard
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Bycatch
C
Calcareous
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Calcium carbonate
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Calendar year
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Caldera
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Callosity
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Calve
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Carapace
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Carbon cycle
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Carnivore
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Carpal
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Carpal bar
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Casque
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Casual
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Catadromous
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Cere
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Cheek
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Chemosynthesis
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Chevron
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Chin
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Chlorophyll
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Chromatophore
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Cilia
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Clade
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Class
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Cline
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Cloaca
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Coast
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Cob
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Cold seep
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Collar
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Colonial
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Colour morph
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Commensalism
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Commic terns
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Commissure
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Common name
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Concordant coast
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Congeneric
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Conservation status
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Conspecific
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Continental crust
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Continental margin
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Continental rise
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Continental shelf
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Continental slope
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Convection
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Convergent evolution
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Coral bleaching
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Coral reef
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Coralline
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Coriolis effect
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Coverts
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Crepuscular
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Crest
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Cretaceous
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Crissum
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Critically Endangered
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Crown
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Crown patch
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Cryptic
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Culmen
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Current
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Cusp
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Cyclone
D
Dactyly
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Dark zone
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Dawn chorus
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Deforestation
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Delta
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Demersal
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Deposit feeding
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Depositional coast
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Detritus
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Deuterium
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Dewlap
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Diagnostic
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Digital object identifier
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Dihedral
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Discordant coast
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DNA
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DNA sequence
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Doldrums
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Dorsal
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Drift
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Drowned coast
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Dune
E
Ear tuft
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Earth
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Echolocation
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Echo-sounding
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Eclipse plumage
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Eddy
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Egg
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Egg tooth
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Ekman effect
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El Nino
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Emargination
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Emergent coast
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Endangered
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Endangered species
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Endemic
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Endemism
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ENSO
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Eocene
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Equator
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Erosional coast
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Estuary
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Eustatic
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Eutrophication
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Evolution of birds
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Extant
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Extinct
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Extinct in the wild
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Extinction
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Exoskeleton
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Eye
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Eye line
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Eye ring
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Eye stripe
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Eye wattle
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Eyebrow
F
Face skin
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Facial disk
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Family
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Fast ice
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Fathom
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Fault
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Feather
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Feather fringe
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Fecal sac
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Femur
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Feral
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Ferrel cell
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Fertilization
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Fetch
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Filoplume
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Filter feeding
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Finger
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Fjord
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Flagellum
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Flank
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Fledgling
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Flight feathers
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Flightless bird
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Flipper
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Fluke
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Foot
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Foot projection
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Forced wave
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Forecrown
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Forehead
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Foreneck
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Foreshore
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Forest
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Forewing
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Fossil
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Fractal
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Frazil ice
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Fringing reef
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Frons
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Front
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Frontal shield
G
Gabion
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Gander
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Gape
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Gape flange
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Genus
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Gibber
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Gill rakers
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Glacier
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Gleaning
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Glide
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Gonydeal angle
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Gonys
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Gorget
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Gravitational lens
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Grease ice
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Grease ice
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Groyne
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Guano
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Gular
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Gular fluttering
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Guyot
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Gynandromorph
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Gyre
H
H1N1
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Habitat
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Habitat loss
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Hackle
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Hadal
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Hadley cell
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Half-hood
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Halocline
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Hand
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Hatchling
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Hawk
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Headland
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Heat capacity
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Helium
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Herbig-Haro object
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Herbivore
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Hermaphrodite
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Hibernation
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Hindneck
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Holdfast
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Holoplankton
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Hood
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Hotspot
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Hover
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Humerus
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Hurricane
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Hybrid
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Hydrocarbon
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Hydrogen
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Hydrothermal vent
I-K
Ice age
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Iceberg
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Ice cap
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Ice lead
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Ice rafting
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Ice sheet
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Ice shelf
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Igneous rock
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Immature
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Incertae sedis
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Infraorder
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Insectivore
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Intermediate coast
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Internal wave
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International Standard Book Number
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Introduced species
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Intertropical convergence zone
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Invertebrate
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Iridescence
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Irradiance
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Irruption
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Island arc
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Isolating mechanisms
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Isotasy
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IUCN
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Juvenile
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Katabatic wind
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Keel
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Kite (verb)
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Kleptoparasitism
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Krypton
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