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- noun Plural form of
rainforest .
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Examples
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Let's see what some information source says about this fella: a meat-eating mammal that lives in rainforests and wooded savannas on the island of Madagascar.
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With their rainbow hues and the splendid variety of species they cater to, coral reefs are often called the rainforests of the seas.
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Looking at the distribution of small-bodied animals around the world today, they tend to occur in rainforests ...
Boing Boing: October 24, 2004 - October 30, 2004 Archives 2004
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Coral reefs are often referred to as the rainforests of the sea.
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He has even crossed the Latin American rainforests in a raft, and was rescued by the drug-dealers he travelled with when he fell in the river.
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Coral reefs are the planet's most diverse marine ecosystem – known as the rainforests of the oceans.
Conservationists unveil plans to save coral from extinction 2011
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The rainforests are the lungs of the Planet, and by losing this lung tissue the planet breathes harder.
Over Population shipping troll 2009
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The rainforests are the lungs of the Planet, and by losing this lung tissue the planet breathes harder.
Archive 2009-04-01 shipping troll 2009
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If everyone ate grass-fed beef, it would mean giving up a lot of arable land and chopping down rainforests, which is already happening in some places.
Swallowing Eco-Hype 2009
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Coral reefs are the planet's most diverse marine ecosystem - known as the rainforests of the oceans.
The Guardian World News Alok Jha 2011
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