Glossary of ALL Terms for Data on EOL

backwater: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000472
An area of calm water unaffected by the current of a stream.
bacteria: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q10876
a domain of prokaryotes
bacterivore: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q804528
organism which obtains energy and nutrients from the consumption of bacteria
badland: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000127
An arid terrain with clay-rich soil that has been extensively eroded by wind and water.
bagasse: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002872
The biomass remaining after sugarcane stalks are crushed to extract their juice.
bajada: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000315
bajocian age: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Bajocian

International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
ballistichory: http://eol.org/schema/terms/ballistichory
Dehiscence of fruit occurs as an explosion, launching seeds far away from the plant (= ballochory).
http://www.uv.es/jgpausas/brot.htm
bamboo forest: https://eol.org/schema/terms/bamboo_forest
A forest biome dominated by bamboo.
banana plantation: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000161
bar: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000167
A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water. Bars tend to be long and narrow (linear) and develop where a current (or waves) promote deposition of granular material, resulting in localized shallowing (shoaling) of the water. Bars can appear in the sea, in a lake, or in a river. They are typically composed of sand, although could be of any granular matter that the moving water has access to and is capable of shifting around (for example, soil, silt, gravel, cobble, shingle, or even boulders). The grain size of the material comprising a bar is related: to the size of the waves or the strength of the currents moving the material, but the availability of material to be worked by waves and currents is also important.
barium sulfate: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_133326
A metal sulfate with formula BaO4S. Virtually insoluble in water at room temperature, it is mostly used as a component in oil well drilling fluid it occurs naturally as the mineral barite
Mineralogy
bark: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0004518
All tissues outside the vascular cambium or the xylem; in older trees may be divided into dead outer bark and living inner bark, which consists of secondary phloem.
barremian age: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Barremian

International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
bartonian age: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Bartonian

International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
basal metabolic rate: http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/165109007
Basal metabolic rate (BMR) is the amount of energy expended daily by humans and other animals at rest. Rest is defined as existing in a neutrally temperate environment while in the post-absorptive state.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Basal_metabolic_rate&oldid=581343469
basalt: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000236
Basalt is a volcanic rock which is formed by the rapid cooling of basaltic lava.
bashkirian age: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Bashkirian

International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
bathonian age: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Bathonian

International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
bathyal zone: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000026
The mariine bathyal zone biome comprises regions of the marine benthic biome between approximately 200 m and 3000 m depth. This zone generally coincides with the continental slope.
bathyal zone (200-4000m): http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/DZ_BAT
bathypelagic: http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/DZP_BATH
bathypelagic zone: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000211
The one of an ocean below the 10degC thermocline down to a temperature of 4degC.
bay: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000032
An area of water bordered by land on three sides.
bayou: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000234
A small, slow-moving stream or creek; usually located in low-lying areas.
beach: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000091
A landform consisting of loose rock particles such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, cobble, or even shell fragments along the shoreline of a body of water.
beach ridge: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000529
A ridge of sand just inland and parallel to the beach, usually in series.
beach sand: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002138
beaver dam: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000500
An obstruction in a stream constructed by a beaver.
beaver pond: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000270
A pond that has formed as a consequence of the activities of beavers, building a beaver dam.
beech forest soil: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00005770
beeswax: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FOODON_03302072
behavioral circadian rhythm: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001502
Any measurable or observable behavioral characteristic related to a daily biological activity cycle.
beige: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0002410
A colour that is very pale yellowish brown
benthic: http://eol.org/schema/terms/benthic
Living at the bottom of a body of water.
benthic diatom feeder: https://eol.org/schema/terms/benthic_diatom_feeder
a consumer that feeds primarily on benthic diatoms
benthic diatoms: http://purl.jp/bio/4/id/201306015586596728
berriasian age: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Berriasian

International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
berries: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0030108
a fruit which at maturity comprises a fleshy endocarp, fleshy mesocarp and fleshy exocarp
biennial: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0980072
Of life span, a plant which lives for more than one but less than two years after germination, c.f. annual, ephemeral, perennial, of flowering with respect to architecture, hapaxanthic, monocarpic, pleonanthic.
Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012. Glossary: http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/top/glossarya_h.html#biennial
bifid: http://eol.org/schema/terms/bifid
Cleft into two often more-or-less acute lobes at the apex; for example, Bauhinia variegata
http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/glossary/glossary-details/?irn=1825
bilaterally symmetric: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves
bill length: http://eol.org/schema/terms/BillLength
Length of the bill.
biodiffusor: http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/RW_DIFF
organisms with activities that usually result in a constant and random local sediment biomixing over short distances.
biofilm: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002034
A complex aggregation of microorganisms marked by the excretion of a protective and adhesive matrix; usually adhering to a substratum.
biogenic silica: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_64389
A biogenic mineral comprised of hydrated silica
biogenous sediment: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000082
Biogenous sediment is derived from living organisms, typically planktonic organisms possessing shells, frustules or coccoliths.
biogeographic realm: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GAZ_00000071
The largest scale biogeographic division of the earth's surface based on the historic and evolutionary distribution patterns of plants and animals.
biological waste: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000373
waste containing mostly natural organic materials (remains of plants, animal excrement, biological sludge from waste-water treatment plants and so forth)
bioluminescent: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Bioluminescent
Has this organism been observed to produce and transmit light?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioluminescence
biotrophic fungi: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q104549376
fungi depending on a living host for successful completion of the life cycle
bioturbator: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q864907
engages in reworking of soils and sediments (animals or plant)
bipedal movement: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q372949
terrestrial locomotion where an organism moves by means of its two limbs or legs
bipedal running: https://eol.org/schema/terms/bipedal_running
terrestrial locomotion where an organism moves by means of its two rear limbs or legs, such that periodically neither of the limbs are touching the ground
bipinnate: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25039724
pinnately compound leaves in which the leaflets are themselves pinnately compound; also called twice-pinnate
bipinnate + pinnatifid: http://eol.org/schema/terms/bipinnatepinnatifid
a bipinnately compound leaf, with the pinnae being pinnatifid.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinnation
biting mouthparts: https://eol.org/schema/terms/biting
Mouthparts adapted to cutting food particles using opposable mandibles.
biting-chewing mouthparts: https://eol.org/schema/terms/bitingChewing
Mouthparts adapted to cutting and grinding food particles using opposable mandibles with a mola (grinding surface).
bivalve feeder: https://eol.org/schema/terms/bivalve_feeder
a carnivore that feeds primarily on bivalves
bivalved carapace: https://eol.org/schema/terms/bivalvedCarapace
carapace composed of two, usually similar, parts
bivalved shell: https://eol.org/schema/terms/bivalvedShell
shell composed of two, usually similar, parts
bivoltine: http://eol.org/schema/terms/bivoltine
completing two generations per year
black: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000317
A color that lacks any hues as parts.
black smoker: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000218
A hydrothermal vent found on the ocean floor. The vents are formed in fields hundreds of meters wide when superheated water from below the Earth's crust comes through the ocean floor. The superheated water is rich in dissolved minerals from the crust, most notably sulfides, which crystallize to create a chimney-like structure around each vent. When the superheated water in the vent comes in contact with the cold ocean water, many minerals are precipitated, creating the distinctive black color. The metal sulfides that are deposited can become massive sulfide ore deposits in time.
blackwater river: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q100649
type of river with a slow-moving channel flowing through forested wetlands
blanket bog: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000511
A peatland whose development is mostly independent of basins or topographical features where water collects; it simply covers the landscape like a blanket. Peat develops due to a continuous supply of water from rainfall, maintaining waterlogged conditions on the ground. Blanket bogs are ombrotrophic or rain fed, and as a result their pH lies between 3.5 and 4.2.
blastozooid: http://eol.org/schema/terms/blastozooid
A zooid produced by budding
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blastozooid
blind: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q10874
complete or nearly complete lack of vision
blind-ended ventilator: http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/RW_BEV
Ventilation occurs when animals flush their burrows with overlying water for respiratory and feeding purposes. Blind-ended ventilation occurs when I-shaped burrows are flushed uni- or bidirectionally depending on the permeability of the sediment
blood: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C12434
A liquid tissue; its major function is to transport oxygen throughout the body. It also supplies the tissues with nutrients, removes waste products, and contains various components of the immune system defending the body against infection.
bloom period: http://eol.org/schema/terms/BloomPeriod
The seasonal period in the U.S. during which the plant blooms the most. The bloom period is defined as the time when pollen is shed and stigmas are receptive.
USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
blowout: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000313
A sandy depression in a sand dune ecosystem (psammosere) caused by the removal of sediments by wind.
blue: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000318
A color hue with low wavelength of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between green and indigo, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 420 to 490 nanometers.
[database_cross_reference: Dictionary:http://dictionary.reference.com/]
bodily fluid: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_02000019
A natural bodily fluid or secretion such as blood, semen, saliva, blood plasma, intracellular and interstitial fluids.
body cavity: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002323
The cavity within the body of all descendants of the coelenterates and certain primitive worms, formed by the splitting of the embryonic mesoderm into two layers. In mammals it forms the peritoneal, pleural, and pericardial cavities
body length: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CMO_0000013
A measurement of the longest dimension of a body, typically between two distinct ends of the body.
[database_cross_reference: Dorland:Dorlands_Illustrated_Medical_Dictionary--31st_Ed] [database_cross_reference: ISBN:978-1416049982]
body length: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001256
The distance from point to point along the longest axis of the body of an organism.
body length head excluded: http://eol.org/schema/terms/bodylengthExclHead
A measurement of the longest dimension of a body, excluding the head
body length, nose to tail: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CMO_0000078
The distance between the tip of the nose to the very end of the appendage extending from the end of the trunk of an organism
body mass: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_VT0001259
The amount of matter in the body of an organism.
body mass: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001259
The amount of matter in the body of an organism.
Body organization: http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_organization
overall pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon
body shape: http://eol.org/schema/terms/BodyShape
body size: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_VT0100005
The size of a multicellular organism
Body symmetry: http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry
overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry
body temperature: http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CSP/2871-4249
The degree of heat in the body of a living organism, temperature is measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a sample of matter, expressed in terms of units or degrees designated on a standard scale.
body temperature: http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D001831
internal temperature of living individual
Lovegrove
body volume: http://eol.org/schema/terms/BodyVolume
Volume occupied by the whole body of one individual of this taxon
body width: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0015039
The distance from side to side of the body of an organism, perpendicular to the axis along which height is measured.
body/caudal fin propulsion: https://eol.org/schema/terms/body_caudal_fin
swimming by generating thrust using lateral movements of their body and caudal fin. Most fishes use this type of propulsion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_locomotion#Body/caudal_fin_propulsion
bore hole water: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00003097
borehole: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002226
boring in biogenic substrate: http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/EP_BB
Boring in biogenic hard substrate and living in these burrows.
boulder: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000243
A piece of rock with a grain size above 300 millimetres in diameter. Smaller boulders are, at times, referred to as rocks or stones. [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulder]
boulder field: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000537
A bare, flat area covered with large angular rocks.
boulder sediment: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000114
Sediment characterised by an average particle diameter greater than 256 mm
brachypterous: http://eol.org/schema/terms/brachypterous
The presence of short wings, not functional as organs of flight. Micropterous (used inconsitently in the literature) is here treated as a synonym of brachypterous.
brachyura: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q40802
infraorder of crustaceans
brackish estuary: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002137
An estuary which is composed primarily of brackish water
brackish lake: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000540
brackish pond: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000541
brackish water: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002019
brackish water: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000322
brittle-star feeder: https://eol.org/schema/terms/brittlestar_feeder
a carnivore that feeds primarily on brittle-stars
broad: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0002359
A quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's width being notably higher than its length.
broadcast spawner: http://eol.org/schema/terms/broadcastSpawner
Broadcast spawners scatter their eggs into the water; they spawn numerous small eggs that develop rapidly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spawn_(biology)#Crustaceans
broadleaf forest: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000197
A broadleaf forest biome is a forest biome which contains densely packed populations or communities of broadleaf trees, strongly limiting light penetration to the forest floor.
bromeliads: http://eol.org/schema/terms/bromelicolous
bromeliad plants, used as a habitat or shelter
brooding: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CEPH_0000036
Incubation of eggs by the parent.
brown: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000952
A color consisting of dark orange, red, of very low intensity.
[database_cross_reference: Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown]
brown-rot fungus: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q116393578
fungus that breaks down cellulose but not lignin in rotting wood
browser: http://eol.org/schema/terms/browsing
herbivore that eats parts of plants including high-growing shrubs and trees.
bryophyte: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q29993
terrestrial plants that lack vascular tissue
bud: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0000055
An undeveloped shoot system
bud source: http://eol.org/schema/terms/BudSource
Location of bud bank for resprouting.
BROT trait database. Traits: units and categories (BudSource), http://www.uv.es/jgpausas/brot.htm
building: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000073
A permanent walled and roofed construction.
building material: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/EUPATH_0000001
A material entity used to build a dwelling or part of a dwelling
bulb: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0025356
A short, enlarged shoot system that has as parts a short stem in which the shoot internodes do not elongate, and one or more buds enclosed by fleshy leaves or leaf bases
burdigalian age: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Burdigalian

International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
burl: http://eol.org/schema/terms/burl
A burl (American English) or bur or burr (used in all non-US English speaking countries) is a tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner. It is commonly found in the form of a rounded outgrowth on a tree trunk or branch that is filled with small knots from dormant buds.
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Burl&oldid=603717187
burned soil: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00005760
burrow builder: https://eol.org/schema/terms/burrow_builder
an animal that excavates holes or tunnels into soil or benthic sediment to create a space suitable for habitation, temporary refuge, or as a byproduct of locomotion. Inhabited burrows function as a refuge, protecting the inhabitants from predation and environmental extremes. They provide physical support for the digging and feeding activities of the burrow inhabitants. The harsh chemical environment deep in aquatic burrows must be counteracted by active or passive irrigation of burrow water.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrow Macrofaunal Burrows and Irrigation in Marine Sediment: Microbiological and Biogeochemical Interactions. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265483886_Macrofaunal_Burrows_and_Irrigation_in_Marine_Sediment_Microbiological_and_Biogeochemical_Interactions [accessed Feb 26 2020].
burrow depth: https://eol.org/schema/terms/burrowDepth
Depth within soil, sediment or rock that a burrow of this species is typically located.
burrow diameter: https://eol.org/schema/terms/burrowDiameter
diameter of the cross section of a burrow in soil, sediment or rock, presumed to represent a measure of body size of the burrow occupant, orthogonal to length (~body depth or width)
burrower: http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/MOB_BUR
An organism that lives or moves in a burrow in soft sediments.
butte: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000287
An isolated hill with steep sides and a small flat top, smaller than mesas and plateaus. Buttes are formed by erosion when a cap of hard rock, usually of volcanic origin, covers a layer of softer rock that is easily worn away. This hard rock avoids erosion while the rock around it wears down.

Glossary of ALL Terms for Data on EOL

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