gregariousness
gregariousness The tendency of animals to form groups which possess a social organization (e.g. schools of fish, herds of mammals, flocks of birds). Compare aggregation.
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radial symmetry
radial symmetry The arrangement of parts in an organ or organism such that cutting through the centre of the str…
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