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Instinct

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-014531

An unlearned, genetically coded behavior pattern that is internally motivated and characteristic of the species; the innate capacity of an animal to respond to a given stimulus in a relatively fixed way.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-014531
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesNOAA Coral Reef Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-014531",
  "term": "Instinct",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "An unlearned, genetically coded behavior pattern that is internally motivated and characteristic of the species; the innate capacity of an animal to respond to a given stimulus in a relatively fixed way.",
  "references": [
    "NOAA Coral Reef Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/instinct/"
}

Record 14,531 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.