- adaptation
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a change in a plant or animal that makes it better able to live in a particular place or situation
- amphibians
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an animal, such as a frog or toad, that can live on both land and in the water
- bill
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A bird's beak
- colonies
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groups of plants or animals living in one space
- crustaceans
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an animal like a crab or lobster that has several pairs of legs, and a body covered by a hard outer shell
- estuaries
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an area where a river flows into a sea
- excess
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an amount that is more than normal; too much
- extensible
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able to stretch out
- formation
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an orderly arrangement of a group of people or animals
- glands
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an organ in the body that makes something (saliva, sweat, etc.) that is used by the body
- gular pouch,
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The pouch on a pelican's bill; also called a gular sac
- lagoons
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an area of sea water separated from the ocean by a reef or sandbar
- Louisiana
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A state in the southern United States of America.
- mythology
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the myths or legends of a particular group or culture
- notorious
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well-known or famous for something bad
- regurgitated
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to bring food that has been swallowed back to and out of the mouth
- species
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a group of animals or plants that are similar and can produce young animals or plants
- wingspan
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the distance from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other wing