ontocord/MixtureVitae-genericsKB huggingface dataset:
### animal | arthropod | insect:

Squash bug
* Most squash bugs feed on foliage.
* Some squash bugs have aroma
  - invade fields
* are active during the day
  - also present in many areas
  - brown to black and more than a half inch long typically
  - busy laying eggs and watching their young feed on plants
  - elusive
  - often abundant
  - serious pests of squash and pumpkins
* can also contribute to yellow-spotted leaves.
* can be a problem on older cucumber plants
  - squash plants
  - anywhere in the range of colors from bright green to dark brown or grey
* eat the leaves and inject a toxin that causes leaves to dry up and wilt.
* extract sap from plants with their sucking mouthparts.
* is an insect

### animal | arthropod | insect:

Stick insect
* All stick insects are vegetarian.
* Many stick insects are easy to care for , and make good pets.
* Most stick insects are tropical and nocturnal.
* Most stick insects eat leaves
  - vegetables
  - have wings
* Some stick insects inhabit cooler temperate regions where they overwinter as eggs
  - look like twigs
+ Stick insect, Stick insects as pets: Insects
  * Many stick insects are easy to care for, and make good pets. Almost 300 species have been reared in captivity. Bragg P. 2008.

Stinging insect
* Most stinging insects are beneficial to man.
* prefer dark colors.

### animal | arthropod | insect:

Stonefly
* All stoneflies inhabit freshwater as nymphs
  - require a rich supply of dissolved oxygen, which is plentiful in winter streams
* Many stoneflies are predators that stalk their prey and hide around and between rocks
  - relatively large and important food for fish
  - shredders and feed on leaf litter that drops from an overhanging tree canopy
* Some stoneflies are carnivors, and they are eaten by a variety of fish.
* Stoneflies are absent entirely
  - an important source of food for many fish that are found in ponds and streams
  - moderately tolerant of metals
  - probably more active in the winter months than most aquatics
  - still around, but are dying out
* Stoneflies are the first to disappear from a stream as human disturbance increases
  - largest of the three main types of trout stream insects
  - most pollution sensitive of aquatic insect groups
  - come in a variety of sizes and colors
  - crawl out of the water and mate on the ground
* Stoneflies have long cerci projecting from the end of the abdomen
  - two pairs of wings
  - live in protected areas of debris, leaves, or under stones
  - look similar to mayflies but are stockier
  - only live in clean water
  - require clean, well-oxygenated water to survive
* Stoneflies tend to like faster water, rocks, boulders and overhanging trees
  - rocks, boulders, overhanging trees
* is an insect
### animal | arthropod | insect | termite:

Formosan termite
* are insensitive to the naphthalene that they build into their tunnel walls.
* can build carton nests in wall and floor spaces
  - penetrate plaster, plastic and asphalt to get to a new food source
* cause the same type of damage as the other subterranean termites.
* have several endearing characteristics.
* use their feces to make their nests.

Soldier termite
* become workers.
* have heads.

### animal | arthropod | insect | termite:

Subterranean termite
* Subterranean Termites Learn about their biology, detection and control.
* are by far the most destructive of all wood destroying insects
  - ground dwellers and require contact with soil and a source of moisture
  - ground-dwelling social insects living in colonies
  - more widespread, and nest in the ground foraging above ground for food
  - most abundant in moist, warm soils containing plenty of food
  - present over the entire U.S. but especially in the Southern States
  - serious pests, whose control is best left to professionals
  - social insects living in colonies in the soil
  - structural pests of buildings and tunnel into wood
  - the most abundant variety and can be found throughout the United States
* are the most common and do the most damage of all termite species
  - termites in the United States
* are the most destructive and common termite in the region
  - insect pests of wood
  - kind of termite
  - very vulnerable to dryness and require a constant supply of moisture
* can be very serious structural pests of houses
  - live many hundreds of metres from a targeted dwelling
* construct four types of tubes or tunnels.
* enjoy warm lands and eat cellulose, a material found in all plant cells.
* feed mainly on wood and wood products containing cellulose
  - on wood or other items that contain cellulose
* have a more varied diet than their cousins
  - huge colonies, often with over a million individuals
  - to have a dependable moisture source
* invade homes from the soil around and beneath the structure.
* live underground or in protected areas such as wood.
* look for areas where wood contacts the earth.
* make shelter tubes of soil material mixed with their siliva and fecal matter.
* occur in every state except Alaska
  - large colonies that live underground and feed on available wood
* produce liquid feces, whereas drywood termites produce characteristic pellets.
* use moisture in the earth to survive.

Swarming termite
* are dark brown, have two pairs of nearly equally sized wings and are weak flyers
  - often confused with ants but can be distinguished by two simple characters
* have straight antennae, a thick waist and all wings the same length.

Winged termite
* are a reproductive class and they swarm before they mate
  - often the first sign of a subterranean termite infestation
* fly up into air in massive clouds.
* have a fat waist, equally sized wings, and straight, beaded antennae.

Worker termite
* feed on substances
* look like insects.
### animal | arthropod | insect | wasp:

Solitary wasps
* Some solitary wasps have spines
  - make galls , which are abnormal growths on plants
* live alone except for breeding.
+ Wasp, Parasitic wasps, Solitary life
  * Some solitary wasps make galls, which are abnormal growths on plants. They form directly after the wasp lays its eggs, and the plant develops a growth around the egg, encasing it. The trigger for the gall to form is not known. The gall protects the eggs while they develop. Galls can be found almost everywhere in the late summer, especially on the branches of oak trees, like in this picture.

Velvet ant
* Most velvet ants are black and red
  - prey on the larvae of other insects
* are wasps.

Wheel bug
* are rather uncommon, but attract attention when found due to their bizarre appearance.
* feed by piercing the host and injecting a potent saliva into the prey
  - on aphids as young nymphs
* is an insect
* undergo incomplete metamorphosis developing slowly into the winged adult.

White ant
* are insects
  - one of the most dreadful pests in the garden, which can kill plants short time
* cause serious damage to trees at all ages.
* eat out the core of the tree and branches.
* prefer wood.
### animal | arthropod | millipede:

Pill millipede
* Most pill millipedes roll into balls.
* Some pill millipedes have short legs.
* are much shorter , and are capable of rolling up into a ball , like pillbugs.
+ Myriapoda, Classification, Millipedes
  * They are slower than centipedes, and feed on leaf litter and detritus. Around 8,000 species have been described, which may represent less than a tenth of the true global millipede diversity. One species, 'Illacme plenipes' has the greatest number of legs of any animal, with 750. Millipedes typically have between 36 and 400 legs. Pill millipedes are much shorter, and are capable of rolling up into a ball, like pillbugs.

Young millipede
* hatch inside the nest and remain within it.
* have only the first three pairs of legs and no more than seven segments.
* mature the second year after hatching.
### animal | arthropod | mite:

Tiny mite
* Most tiny mites feed on plants.
* Most tiny mites live in follicles
  - hair follicles
* live in common house dust

Water mite
* All water mites are predators.
* Many water mites exhibit bright colour patterns, containing greens, blues, oranges or reds.
* are among the most abundant and diverse benthic arthropods in many habitats.

Young mite
* are pale yellow, while adult mites are a rich dark red
  - smaller than the adults and have six legs
* begin to feed on newly developed flowers.
* move to newly opened leaves where they feed, mature, and reproduce.

Most other arthropod
* consume food
  - solid food
* have eyes.

Myriapod
* All myriapods are terrestrial forms
  - have a head and an elongated body comprising leg-bearing segments
* breathe through spiracles that connect to a tracheal system similar to that of insects.
* do well in enclosures with plenty of floor space.
* have a head and a trunk.
* is an arthropod
+ Myriapoda, Structure
  * A pair of mandibles lie inside the mouth. Myriapods breathe through spiracles that connect to a tracheal system similar to that of insects.

Onychophoran
* are exceedingly rare and probably endangered in many habitats
  - generally blue, black, green or orange
  - typically sexually dimorphic, females are larger than males
* resemble soft-bodied, unsegmented centipedes or caterpillars.

Primitive arthropod
* More primitive arthropods have a large number of similar segments.
* Some primitive arthropods live in water.

Pycnogonid
* All pycnogonids are carnivores and use a muscular pharynx to suck soft food into the gut.
* Most pycnogonids are carnivorous and bottom-dwellers, although some can swim.
* are carnivorous animals that suck out the juices of their prey.
* differ from all other arthropods in having multiple, segmental gonopores.
* have almost no fossil record.
* vaguely resemble spiders, with small bodies and relatively long, hinged legs.
### animal | arthropod | scorpion:

Bark scorpion
* Most bark scorpions eat crickets
* Most bark scorpions have fronts
* Some bark scorpions change over time.

### animal | arthropod | scorpion:

Emperor scorpion
* Most emperor scorpions feed on insects.
* Most emperor scorpions have cheliceras
  - venom
  - rely on prey
* are born defenseless and rely heavily on their mother for food and protection
  - collected for the pet trade and for scientific study
  - eaten by many animals including birds , bats , mammals , and spiders
  - popular in the pet trade, as they are timid and their venom is mild
* conduct elaborate mating rituals.
* fluoresce under UV light.
* help control insect populations in desert habitats.

Large scorpion
* live in tropical forests.
+ Desert scorpion, Species: Arachnids
  * There are more than 600 species of scorpions. Large scorpions live in tropical forests. With pincers held they both move back and forth and side ways.

Water scorpion
* capture prey with their raptorial front legs.
* regulate their depth using three pairs of special sensors on their bellies.
* vary in shape within the family.

Young scorpion
* bear a resemblance to their parents.
* develop within the mother's body.

### animal | arthropod:

Sea spider
* Most sea spiders have four pairs of legs.
* Some sea spiders cause problems.
  * The 'Sea spiders' belong to the class 'Pycnogonida' of the phylum Arthropoda. Sea spider, are sea-dwelling animal that looks somewhat like a spider. There are about 500 species. Sea spiders are found in all oceans.
* are animals
  - arthropods
  - most common in cold waters, but they occur throughout the oceans
  - relatives of crustaceans and belong to the class Pycnogonida
* have hollow legs into whivh their stomachs go and the male carries the eggs.
* is an arthropod
* regulate body wastes and gas exchange by direct diffusion across the body surface.

Small arthropod
* Most small arthropods absorb oxygen.
* Some small arthropods have insects.
* make up their diet.
### animal | arthropod | spider:

Fishing spider
* can run over the surface of the water by utilizing special hairs on their feet.
* do so by taking advantage of surface tension.
* eat small insects, tadpoles and little fish.
* stalk prey on land, on water and below the surface.
* walk on water, and can even dive below the surface to catch food.

Garden spider
* Most garden spiders eat mantises
  - hide during the day then recline in their web at night
* Some garden spiders do damage
  - resemble crabs

House spider
* are susceptible to moisture, which ultimately leads to a high mortality.
* spin their webs in dark corners of moist rooms and outdoors.

### animal | arthropod | spider:

Huntsman spider
* Most huntsman spiders have legs.
* Some huntsman spiders enter houses
  - live for years
* are as big as a man's fist but harmless
  - giant crab spiders
* are large, fast spiders distributed in warm climates throughout the world
  - long-legged spiders
  - timid spiders and bites are infrequent
* can live for more than two years.
* feed on a variety of arthropods, insects, frogs, and small lizards.
* have eight small eyes which are patterned in two rows
  - large, hairy bodies with eight long legs
* is the only spider which is capable to run up vertical surfaces.
* run at a very high speed.

Jump spider
* Most jump spiders have legs
  - vision
* Some jump spiders eat spiders
  - have appearances
* attack beetles
  - soldier beetles

Larger spider
* Many larger spiders find shelter in burrows they dig in the soil.
* can find millions of web sites per day.

Male spider
* are often smaller than the female spiders
  - sometimes much smaller than the females
  - usually smaller than female spiders
* employ pedipalps like syringes.
* have no external sex organs
  - two palpi in front of the first pair of legs
* seek out a female when they are ready to mate.
* use modified appendages called pedipalps to mate with females
  - their front appendages to transmit sperm to the female, who later lays eggs

Mite spider
* Most mite spiders go through development
  - have ranges
* Some mite spiders cause injuries
  - visible injuries
  - develop resistance
* Some mite spiders have life stages
* Some mite spiders reach full maturity
  - result in damage

Peacock spider
* Most peacock spiders eat crickets.
* are much the same.

Poisonous spider
* Some poisonous spiders bite predators.
* are some of the shyest
  - very rare in Wisconsin
* live all over the world.
* possess poison to kill their prey.

Recluse spider
* are brown or brown-yellow
  - found in many parts of the world and have been introduced into Australia
  - most active at night when they hunt
  - poisonous spiders
  - rare outside their native range and are widely over-reported
* have six eyes arranged in three pairs in a semicircle on the forepart of the head
  - the same type of jaw and fangs, and are actually a bit smaller
### animal:

Carnivorous animal
* Most carnivorous animals eat fish.
* Most carnivorous animals have colons
  - point canine teeth
* Some carnivorous animals eat animals
  - other animals
  - small animals
  - feed on herbivores
* Some carnivorous animals inhabit oceans
  - savannahs
* are also common, and some carnivores, like bears and badgers , are omnivorous.
  - meat, even if it means eating another talking animal
* have canine teeth
  - claws, short digestive tracts, and long, curved fangs
* hunt for food.
* kill for a living.
### animal | chordate:

Urochordate
* are a subphylum containing tunicates
  - marine, sedentary animals and can be either solitary, or colonial
  - monophyletic within the deuterostomes
  - the sea squirts
  - unknown as fossils
* have a sparse fossil record.
* occupy a critical evolutionary position as non-vertebrate chordates.

Circus animal
* Many circus animals are on the list of endangered species.
* spend much of their lives in small, often dirty cages, barely able to turn around.
### animal | cnidarian | jellyfish:

Moon jellyfish
* Some moon jellyfish have ability.
* are either male or female
  - preyed upon by various large fish, turtles and even some birds
* live for years.
* possess a unique mechanism for self-repair
  - mechanisms

Scyphozoan jellyfish
* Most scyphozoan jellyfish are pelagic, free-swimming forms of the open ocean.
* produce their young from eggs.

### animal | cnidarian | jellyfish:

Tiny jellyfish
* swim away from the polyp and then grow and feed in the plankton.
+ Jellyfish, Life cycle
  * In the second stage, the tiny polyps asexually produce jellyfish, each of which is also known as a medusa. Tiny jellyfish swim away from the polyp and then grow and feed in the plankton. Medusae have a radially symmetric, umbrella-shaped body called a bell, which is usually supplied with marginal tentacles that capture prey. A few species of jellyfish do not have the polyp portion of the life cycle, but go from jellyfish to the next generation of jellyfish through direct development of fertilized eggs. Jellyfish at the medusa stage usually lives only up to six months, after which it dies.

True jellyfish
* Some true jellyfish have arms.
* are graceful, and sometimes deadly creatures.
* use sting tentacles

Medusa
* Most medusa have separate sexes.
* Some medusas have tentacles.
* exhibit features.
* have heads.
* includes brains
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - coelenterons
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - faces
  - nuclei
  - plasma membranes
  - sections
  - skulls
  - vacuoles

### animal | cnidarian:

Scyphozoan
* Most scyphozoans originate from small attached reproductive polyps.
  * The medusa form is the dominant life form, as opposed to the polyp. They eat plankton, small crustaceans and fish larvae, which they capture using stinging cells called nematocysts. The nematocysts are attached to the tentacles that hang down from the edge of the umbrella dome. Scyphozoans have an internal jelly-like material. They have no hard parts, no head, and no specialized organs for respiration or excretion.
  * Unlike other types of jellyfish, scyphozoans lack a 'velum', a circular membrane which propels other jellyfish through the water. Scyphozoans move through the water by contracting and relaxing the muscles of their umbrella.
* are coelenterates
  - found in all oceans from the cold Arctic to the warm tropical waters of Caribbean
  - several feeding strategies represented by the following taxa
### animal | dog | hound:

Basset hound
* are couch potatoes who laze around all day barely breathing
  - less intelligent than other dogs
  - medium-sized dogs
  - short, heavy-bodied dogs with large, floppy ears that almost reach the ground
  - sweet-natured dogs
* are usually black, white and tan or red and white
  - very active dogs that get into trouble regularly
  - wonderful, loving dog that are often mistaken for small dogs
* is bred primarily for hunting.
### animal | dog:

Pointer dog
* point their muzzle towards game to allow the hunter to locate the animal.
+ Gun dog: Dogs
  * Gun dogs' or 'gundogs', also called 'bird dogs', are types of dogs used to assist hunters in finding and retrieving game, usually birds. Flushing dogs flush game from hiding. Pointer dogs point their muzzle towards game to allow the hunter to locate the animal. Retrievers retrieve game once it is killed. Some kennel clubs define a Gundog Group for gundogs, while other kennel clubs include them in the Sporting Group.

Police dog
* live with their officers even when they are off duty.
* smell out criminals, drugs, and hidden explosives.
* survey dangerous crime scenes involving drugs, bombs, and other high-risk situations.
### animal | dog:

Pug
* Some pugs can neither mate nor give birth without human help
  - go through their lives without any eye problems, some have chronic problems
* are a very active breed of dog
  - known for being sociable and gentle companion dogs
  - mammals and mammals shed
  - rare in some places
  - short coated and require little grooming
  - show, breeding and pet quality
* are small dogs thus have small bladders
  - dogs, thus they can do well in an apartment environment
  - social animals and love to be petted, groomed and played with
  - very strong for their size, but are no match for a larger dog
  - vulnerable to high temperatures and humidity
* can also get a serious disease in their spine
  - get overweight
* carry their heads high, with dignity and pride.
* come in two colors black and fawn.
* do shed year round.
* do tend to have genetic problems which can lead to expensive vet bills
  - life long lives and are prone to very few diseases
* even make good watchdogs since they pack a big bark for such a small dog.
* have a sense of humor
  - very long life span
  - genetic flaws , like any other breed
  - small litters, so good breeders often have a waiting list
  - strong , straight legs and laid back shoulders
* love biting in dried buffleskin bones
  - to eat
* tend to snore and wheeze quite a bit too
  - snort, grunt, sneeze, purr, and snore
+ Pug, Description: Dog breeds
  * Pugs are often liked most for their curly tails, compact body, a deep chest, and strong muscles. Pugs have strong, straight legs and laid back shoulders. Their feet are not as large as a hare's foot, but they are not as round as that of a cat, either. They have toes that are split up perfectly, and their nails are all black. The lower teeth normally grow farther out than the upper teeth, so they meet in an under-bite
  - Health problems, Serious issues
### animal | domestic animal:

Stray
* Some strays scare away or kill birds and wildlife.
* also kill birds and other neighborhood wildlife.
* are a danger to people and other animals
  - located in streets
* can carry diseases such as feline leukemia and distemper.
* have a lot shorter life span than pets.

Downed animal
* are cattle unable to walk because of illness or injury.
* have an increased risk for bacterial contamination.
* pose increased risk for bacterial infection, especially mad cow disease.

Draft animal
* eat, even when there's no work to be done.
* is an animal
* make far less noise than heavy machinery.

Dumb animal
* are the hardest ones to be domesticated.
* care for their young till they are old enough to shift for themselves.
* live in and for their masters.
### animal | echinoderm:

Basket star
* are just one kind of echinoderm that flourish on the sea floor.
* feed on plankton and bacteria they catch by suspension feeding.
* is an echinoderm
* ore similar to brittle stars, but basket stars hove the five arms much branched.

### animal | echinoderm:

Brittle star
* Many brittle stars are more fragile than starfish , which is how they got their name.
* Most brittle stars eat detritus and small animals they pick up from the bottom of the water.
* Some brittle stars can also kill small animals.
* are animals
  - echinoderms
+ Brittle star, Description: Echinoderms
  * Many brittle stars are more fragile than starfish, which is how they got their name. When they are picked up, their arms may fall off. This might make the animal seem brittle, but they often do this as a defense to escape from predators.

### animal | echinoderm:

Crinoid
* are also present
  - among Maine s most abundant fossils
  - dioecious , with separate male and female individuals
  - echinoderms, a group of animals that also includes the sea-urchins and starfish
  - effectively impossible to keep in aquaria
  - illustrated by sea lilies , starfish and sea urchins on the Great Barrier Reef
  - more abundant and diverse
  - niether abundant or familiar organisms today
  - organisms that have the morphology of a stemmed plant but are actually animals
  - sessile
  - something like starfish on a stalk
  - strictly of marine origin and can be likened to a starfish with a stem
  - suspension feeders
* are, thus, one of the most successful forms of life on earth.
* feed by extending their arms to catch particles that float past
  - filtering small particles of food from the sea water with their feather like arms
* have a long fossil record dating back hundreds of millions of years
  - mouth on the top surface that is surrounded by feeding arms
  - remarkable resemblance to flowers, but are filter-feeding echinoderms
  - unique arms designed for filter feeding
* move very slowly on their own, but the current provides plenty of additional movement.
* occurs in distribution and releases sperm via posterior incurrent syphon.
* produce non-feeding larvae.
* still live in deep seas today.
+ Crinoidea: Echinoderms
  * All crinoids are marine, and live both in shallow water and in depths as great as 6000 meters. The basic echinoderm pattern of fivefold symmetry can be recognized, but most crinoids have many more than five arms. Crinoids have a mouth on the top surface that is surrounded by feeding arms.

### animal | echinoderm | crinoid:

Comatulid
* All comatulids apparently develop five initial, radially-oriented cirri.
* are relatively fragile organisms.

Most echinoderm
* Some most echinoderms exhibit distinct behavior.
* Some most echinoderms undergo complex metamorphosis
### animal | echinoderm:

Sea star
* All sea stars are predators that prey on worms, crustaceans and bivalves.
* Many sea stars can regenerate body parts
  - eat with their stomach outside their body
  - reproduce asexually by fragmentation
* Most sea stars are carnivorous and their diet is restricted to a few items
  - positively phototactic - they move towards light
  - eat other animals
* Most sea stars have a one-piece, semirigid skeleton
  - separate sexes and spawn their gametes into the water for fertilization
* are another name for starfish
  - bottom dwellers whose star-shaped bodies have flexible joints
* are capable of both sexual and asexual reproduction
  - regenerating limbs in the event that one or more is severed or damaged
  - formidable predators
  - generally predators or detritivores, eating decomposing animal and plant material
  - harvested with a tool resembling a large mop, which is dragged along the bottom
  - located in oceans
  - male or female
  - predators of bivalves, snails, barnacles, and other attached or slow moving animals
  - prey for sharks , rays , and sea anemones
  - radially symmetrical
  - savage predators
  - strictly bottom animals, chiefly of the margins of the sea
  - typically predators that eat clams, other sea stars, sea cucumbers
* can develop from splitting off of an arm
  - evert their stomachs when feeding
  - grow new parts
* can regenerate lost arms, while sea cucumbers can regrow organs
  - new rays when broken
  - their limbs by housing most or all of their vital organs in their arms
  - reproduce sexually and asexually
  - wreck havoc on oyster beds and on other shellfish populations
* come in many different colors.
* detect light with five purple eyespots at the end of each arm.
* do have to watch out for hungry birds, and even very big snails in the open sea.
* eat clams and mussels
  - many things
  - mussels, clams and oysters
  - mussels,oysters, dead fish and other seawater prey
* fall prey to many of the same creatures they hunt.
* have a bumpy body covered with small spines
  - limited ability to regenerate
  - very unusual circulatory system
  - eyespots at each of their arms
* have five arms, or rays, connected to a small round body
  - little suckers on the bottom of their bodies called tube feet
* is an echinoderm
* live in the ocean.
* move by adhering their tube feet to the substrate and pulling themselves along
  - using hundreds of tube feet, which are located on their underside
  - very slowly along the sea bed, using hundreds of tiny tube feet
* possess hundreds of tube feet for suction attachments to rocks.
* rests among anemonaes.
* sense light with red eyespots on each arm.
* use hundreds of tube feet
  - suction in the tube feet for movement and feeding
  - their tube feet to move
* wrap their arms around the animal's shell and pull it open just enough.
+ Starfish: Echinoderms
  * There are over 1500 different species of sea star. Most sea stars are predators. They eat mussels, clams, and other bivalves. Occasionally, they catch small fish.
### animal | echinoderm | sea urchin:

Heart urchin
* Most heart urchins have spines.
* Most heart urchins live in shallow water
* Some heart urchins have grooves
  - internal skeletons
  - remain in burrows
* are deposit feeders using their oral tube-feet to gather detritus.
* feed on particles.

### animal | echinoderm | sea urchin:

Sand dollar
* are a common beach find along the sandy shores of the northwest Pacific coast
  - burrowers and feed on detritus found in the sediments
  - echinoderms
  - filter feeders, but urchins and starfish are typically aggressive predators
  - gregarious and live in large herds
  - located in beachs
  - marine invertebrates that belong to the echinoderm family
* are sea urchins that have extremely flatten bodies and tiny spines
  - sedentary echinoids
* are very flat, the edge of the body thin and distinct
  - fragile and are actually the skelton of a marine animal
* eat organic material found in sand.
* live on their sides, catching particles to eat with their tube feet and fine spines.
* obtain food by engulfing sand from which they extract minute plants and animals.
* reproduce sexually and asexually
  - through pores.
  * All sand dollars have a rigid skeleton known as a 'test'. This is the typical white disk found washed up on beaches. The living animals have a skin of movable spines on the test. Movement is done by the action of the spines. Like other sea urchins, sand dollars have five paired rows of pores. The pores are arranged in a petal-like pattern

### animal | echinoderm:

Starfish
* also occur.
* can also regenerate arms that have been broken off
  - grow to be a half inch, to a couple of feet in diameter
  - have a devastating impact on shellfish
* can reproduce by fragmentation - that is, a whole new fish can grow from just a single arm
* carnivore who likes to eat clams, shells and mussels.
* has a hunger for knowledge found experientially.
* have eyespots at the tip of each arm, which act as light sensors
  - hundreds of tiny projections known as tube feet on the underside of their body
  - the ability to change colors
* have the ability to regenerate lost arms or body parts
  - their arms when lost or injured
* is an echinoderm, which is an invertebrate that has a proportional radial body
  - organism that does binary fission
  - the common name for a group of animals called sea stars
* reproduce sexually by spawning.

### animal | echinoderm | starfish:

Modern starfish
* have bilateral symmetry in their larval phase.
* holds hydraulic water vascular system that assists in locomotion.
### animal | echinoderm:

Urchin
* All urchins prefer rock work on which they can crawl and feed.
* Most urchins are classified as echinoderms.
* Most urchins eat algas
* Most urchins have arms
  - behavioral responses
  - food preference
  - globular shapes
  - lifespans
  - mouths
  - natural predators
  - other natural predators
  - sensitivity
  - venomous spines
  - inhabit coral reefs
* Most urchins live in areas
  - situations
  - warm water
* Most urchins reach maturity
  - sexual maturity
  - use spines
* Some urchins cover themselves daily with stones and shells held in place by the tube feet
  - destroy environments
  - die of sickness
* Some urchins eat kelp
  - seaweed
* Some urchins feed on giant kelp
  - grow throughout life
* Some urchins have brains
  - claws
  - cloacas
  - larvae
  - little claws
  - skeletons
  - specialized tube feet that can be suckerless
  - thin brittle spines a foot long
  - tolerance
  - venomous spines which can cause severe pain
* Some urchins hide in cracks
  - holes
* Some urchins inflict painful injuries
  - penetrate injuries
  - inhabit pits
* Some urchins live in cracks
  - oceans
* Some urchins live on sandy shores
  - obtain nutrients
* Some urchins possess gills
  - internal skeletons
* Some urchins use feet
  - jaws
  - many tube feet
  - teeth
* also have pincher-tipped grabbing arms called pedicellariae
  - live in lush kelp forests deep in the sea
* are a common prey item of the queen triggerfish
  - children
  - completely reef-safe
  - ecologically important in kelp forests
  - excellent algae eatersl and ike rockwork that they can crawl and feed on
  - extremely sensitive to sulfide
  - ferocious herbivores chomping down kelp with their jaws
  - herbivores, grazing in rocky areas on macroscopic algae
  - munchkins who are always exploring around and generally getting into trouble
  - kelp, so the kelp population almost disappeared
* feed on algas
  - red algas
  - seaweed or kelp
* graze on kelp.
* have a round body without arms
  - deadly spines
  - eyes
  - strong responses
* includes brains
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - ears
  - faces
  - heads
  - nuclei
  - plasma membranes
  - sections
  - skulls
  - vacuoles
* lack arms.
* move spines.
* occupy places
  - special places
* sometimes camouflage themselves with bits of seaweed, shells and small pebbles.
* sport spines.
* take places.
  - their short spines on the bottom, like hundreds of tiny legs, to walk
* usually live on firm bottoms and scrape food off the surface.

### animal | echinoderm | urchin:

Purple urchin
* Most purple urchins have mouths.
* Some purple urchins eat kelp
* have ability

Ragamuffin
* RagaMuffins have a bit shorter and thicker coats, Ragdolls have silky, medium long coat.
* are urchins.
* is an urchin
### animal | feeder:

Hummingbird feeder
* Most hummingbird feeders have too small of an opening for any other bird.
* Some hummingbird feeders come without perches or have perches that can be removed.
* are also supply a great source of nutrients
  - great for older birds
  - usually red, and oriole feeders are orange and have larger feeding holes
* can be fun in the spring and fall.
* give gardeners a chance to view the birds close-up.
* hold liquid and have very narrow openings.
* require cleaning every two to three days, especially in warm weather.
* supplement the flower nectar.

Opportunistic feeder
* Some opportunistic feeders eat diets
  - flowers
  - fruit
  - larvae
  - octopi
  - phytoplankton
* Some opportunistic feeders feed on animals
  - meat
* are animals that eat whatever food is convenient at the time.

Suspension feeder
* Some suspension feeders live in water.
* are rare among the larger organisms in the deep-sea benthos.
* catch food or organic material from the water using tentacles or spiny arms.
* strain plankton and tiny organic food particles from their surroundings.
### animal:

Frighten animal
* Most frighten animals make sound
  - whistle sound
* Most frighten animals search for hide places

Frightened animal
* can be dangerous, and they can transmit diseases
  - make a whistling sound while calves can give bleat-like cries
* make a whistling sound and calves have a bleat-like cry.

Furry animal
* All furry animals are creatures who like to eat carrots.
* Some furry animals have short limbs.
* can carry some sticky plant seeds to new places.
* grow thicker coats to keep warm in the winter.
* produce allergens that can cause allergic rhinitis and asthma.
* steal honey from bees.

Game animal
* Many game animals live in the Kalahari.
* are field dressed and skinned under less than ideal conditions.
* come to water.
* consist of moose, caribou, black and brown bears.
* see UV, especially at dawn and dusk.

Gelatinous animal
* Many gelatinous animals are also bioluminescent.
* are opportunists that can quickly overwhelm an area.
* inhabit all marine habitats, and even some freshwater ones.
* play a key role in the Arctic food web.

### animal:

Giant
* Some giant centipedes prey on bats.
* also inhabit Velious, both the nomadic frost giants and the more civilized storm giants.
* are a race of beings who have their own ancient society and traditions
  - enterprises
  - giant humans
  - gray-brown, with the bristly crest and arm hair finely banded
  - people
  - sports teams
* burn the fuel in their stellar cores faster than dwarfs.
* eat branches of bushes, tear a dry grass.
* have enormous size and strength packed in a human form
  - much more extended atmospheres, and hence stronger lines
  - quarterbacks
* is an animal

### animal | giant:

Giant dioon
* has shiny, stiff, light to bright green leaves that grow in an upright nest shape.
* prefers partial shade or partial sun to full sun.

Graze animal
* damage habitats.
* destroy desert plants
  - many desert plants
* eat grass.
* feed on aquatic plants
* have opportunity.
* lift heads.

Gregarious animal
* Most gregarious animals seek daytime shelter
* Some gregarious animals live in burrows.
### animal:

Healthy animal
* Most healthy animals eat proteins.
* allow ranchers to be successful.
* are a prerequisite both for good animal welfare and for good science
  - less affected than animals in poor health
* are more difficult to take
  - productive animals
* can usually resist infections
  - withstand sub-zero temperatures if they are dry and out of the wind
* have room to move around and have positive human contact.
* produce less dander.
### animal:

Infect animal
* Most infect animals have digestive glands
* Most infect animals live for several years
  - transmit viruses
* Some infect animals keep as pets.
* need care
  - supportive care

### animal:

Infected animal
* Some infected animals appear unthrifty and have a swelling under the jaw
  - weak and unthrifty, while others only have chronic diarrhea
* appear tame and have a distinct frothing at the mouth.
* are infectious to others for several days prior to the onset of clinical signs.
* begin by excreting the virus a few days before signs of the disease develop.
* can also be a source of listeriosis
  - be very calm and tame
  - lose weight and stop milk production, decreasing their economic value
  - shed the bacteria onto feed or grass, where it can be ingested
  - spread the virus to other susceptible animals
* carry and secrete the virus for about a week
  - virus up to several months
* continue to eat, but have constant or recurring bouts of diarrhea.
* develop a distinct swelling at the site of injection
  - prolonged viremia and a biphasic febrile response
  - blister-like sores in the mouth, hooves and elsewhere
  - blisters in the mouth, tongue, muzzle, teats and skin between the hooves
  - lesions and sores on hooves, mouth and other areas
  - pneumonia and diarrhoea and die of dehydration if untreated
* die in a slough, pond or lake.
* eat and gain weight Plasma pepsinogen levels rise slightly.
* excrete the virus in their urine.
* exhale bacteria through breathing, coughing and sneezing.
* fatigue easily, cough and appear unthrifty.
* lose their appetite.
* pass oocysts in their feces
  - the virus out in dung, urine, saliva, breath and fluid from burst blisters
* produce less milk and meat even after recovering from the infection.
* release virus in all excretions and secretions, including ruptured vesicles.
* remain carriers for life, constituting a potential source of disease spread.
* secrete numerous virus particles before clinical signs appear.
* shed the bacteria in their manure
  - primarily in their urine
  - virus into the feces, urine, saliva, and by coughing
  - virus in nasal and oral secretions, feces and urine
* show varying degrees of sneezing, snoring and discharge from the nostrils.
* spread spores called oocysts in their stool.
* suffer itching and scabbing
  - such a loss of body condition that their monetary value becomes nil

Infested animal
* are often restless, focusing on their discomfort rather than eating.
* become irritable and difficult to work with, especially during milking.
* shake their heads and rub their ears in an attempt to relieve the irritation.

Intelligent animal
* Some intelligent animals change behavior
  - have rings
  - thrive in environments
  - use kinds
* adapt to habitats.
* include humans.
### animal:

Kit
* Most kits die before six months of age, and few adults survive past two years
  - measure ortho-phosphate, which is only one form of Phosphorus
* are born blind and helpless and stay below ground until they are about two months old
  - with their eyes closed and are covered in white fur
  - vocal, using squeaks and chirps to communicate with their mother and siblings
* consume as much time as a human infant, needing to be fed, burped, and put down for naps.
* include manuals.
* includes brains
  - cell membranes
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - faces
  - heads
  - nuclei
  - plasma membranes
  - sections
  - skulls
  - vacuoles
* play by wrestling and gripping each other's necks with their teeth.
* spend most of their time suckling, sleeping and growing.
* usually die because of hypothermia and hunger.
* weigh ounces.

### animal | kit:

Drum kit
* are the basis of most pop music.
+ Percussion instrument, Drum Kit
  * Drum kits are the basis of most pop music. A percussion player has to have a very good sense of rhythm. The other players rely on him or her to keep a steady beat and not to play so loudly that the others cannot hear the tune.
### animal | kitten:

Affected kitten
* are usually less active than their litter mates.
* can also suffer from tail tip necrosis.

Bobcat kitten
* open eyes.
* weigh ounces.

Feral kitten
* are a special challenge to socialize.
* become tame is handled while young.
* have a high mortality rate.

Newborn kitten
* Most newborn kittens have senses
  - weigh ounces
* are hairless, pink, temporarily blind and totally dependent on their mothers
  - helpless - blind, deaf and furless
  - tiny and helpless
  - unable to regulate their body temperatures and rely on mum to keep warm
  - very fragile
* come into the world blind and deaf.
* develop sight during the first three or four weeks of life.
* look about as much like full-grown cats as tadpoles look like frogs.

Older kitten
* can have copious nasal discharge, be unable to smell or eat, but seem fine otherwise.
* tame more slowly and usually retain some degree of skittishness all their lives.

Siamese kitten
* are pure white when they're born.
* develop early and quickly and show an individual personality.

### animal | kitten:

Young kitten
* Most young kittens drink milk
  - remain with mothers
* are very susceptible to any germs that are floating around the shelter.
* have low levels of a protein called neurofilaments while older cats have more.
* need milk.
* play using chasing and pouncing behaviors that seem to have their origin in predation.
* to eat food
  - solid food
+ Cat, Behaviour
  * Cats are quiet and well-behaved animals, making them popular pets. Young kittens are playful. They can easily entertain themselves with a variety of store-bought or homemade toys.

Kitty
* Kitties are domestic cats
  - located in beds
  - get hungry often
  - have paws
* Kitties includes brains
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - ears
  - faces
  - heads
  - nuclei
  - plasma membranes
  - sections
  - skulls
  - vacuoles
  - love small, dark, enclosed places to nap in, especially if it's warm
  - need homes
* Many kitties bite when they get very excited, no matter what is causing the excitement.
* Some kitties have pneumonia
  - live in bays

Lab animal
* are due the same right to freedom from oppression that people enjoy.
* get better care than that given by the average pet owner.

### animal:

Laboratory animal
* Some laboratory animals cause cancer
  - liver cancer
* are essential to research on new therapies and cures
  - in protected environments
  - indispensable to basic research in nearly all facets of the biosciences
  - sensitive to the use of electronic equipment and the presence of strangers
* behave quite like humans when it comes to alcohol consumption and stress.
* can also be inoc- ulated.
* lose their jaw bone when their ovaries are removed.
* maintain large caches in their burrows.
* provide living systems for medical researchers to test out their ideas.
* show no harmful effects.
* suffer great pain and distress.
### animal:

Large animal
* All large animals are dangerous when cornered.
* Large Animals Being large also has consequences.
* Many large animals migrate up here for their summer forage.
* Most large animals come to water
  - expend energy
* Most large animals have areas
  - low surface areas
  - possess structures
  - require food
  - use blood
* Some large animals are more dependent on water and rely on their mobility to reach water sources
  - can only use large trees for shelter
  - eat animals
  - find in grassland
* Some large animals graze on foliage
  - young trees
* Some large animals have large thermal inertia
  - layers
  - kill cats
  - live entirely on ants and other insects for their survival
  - prey on mice
  - weigh tons
* abound, and sharks, sea lions, seals and turtles are seen during nearly every dive.
* are an unusual host for fleas
  - probably too big to be heterotherms due to the effects of thermal inertia
* can' t help but be conspicuous.
* deer, elk, moose, antelope, require areas cleared by fire for forage.
* forage for roots.
* lean and rub themselves on corners and uprights, same principles apply to fencing.
* live longer.
* lose body heat more slowly than small animals.
* need food.
* tend to be fairly independent
  - do well, particularly if they are able to get to high ground

### animal:

Larger animal
* are usually able to run fast enough to escape the fire.
* can also present a safety hazard to traffic
  - better withstand colder temperatures
  - carry proportionally larger boxes
  - make spectacular entrances - deer, wild boar, badger at night
* depend on the waters for various reasons.
* dominate in competition for food, mating partners, and nesting space.
* eat the fish and shellfish.
* generate more heat per unit of their body's surface area.
* have a lower metabolic rate
  - organs for breathing
* live here too, such as bobcats, coyotes, and mule deer
  - in the cooler, higher elevations
  - on the forest floor
* make up the highest percentage of biomass.
* prey on fish, snakes, waterbirds, turtles, and small mammals.
* provide a mechanism for complete removal of some pollutants.
* remain on top while smaller sizes fall to the layer below.
* require an extended surface for gas exchange.