Most species seem to prefer a ready-made hollow such as a deserted mouse nest, a bird house, or the hole made by a woodpecker ; ;

Most species lay their eggs underground and when the larvae hatch, they make their way to adjacent bodies of water.

Most agnostid species were eyeless.

Most species of Asparagales are herbaceous perennials, although some are climbers ( e. g. species of Asparagus, family Asparagaceae ) and some are tree-like.

Most aquatic species have a totally submerged juvenile phase, and flowers are either floating or emergent.

Most species have 20 body segments, bearing 11 pairs of leaf-like phyllopodia ( swimming legs ), and the body lacks a carapace.

Most species show cyclical parthenogenesis, where asexual reproduction is occasionally supplemented by sexual reproduction, which produces resting eggs that allow the species to survive harsh conditions and disperse to distant habitats.

Most marine species live in tropical waters, but a few occur in oceanic trenches, and others are found in polar waters.

Most species are rather simply colored, lacking the flashy spotted or rosetted coats like many species of felids and viverrids have.

Most are terrestrial, although a few species, like procyonids, are arboreal.

Most species of Carnivora are, to some degree, omnivorous, except the Felidae and Pinnipedia, which are obligate carnivores.

Most have highly-developed senses, especially vision and hearing, and often a highly acute sense of smell in many species, such as in the Canoidea.

Most of the species are herbaceous perennial plants, but some are annuals.

Most species of Cimolestes were mouse to rat-sized, but the Late Cretaceous Cimolestes magnus reached the size of a marmot, making it one of the largest Mesozoic mammals known ( 20-60g ).

Most species ( about 62 %) are in six extremely diverse families, each with at least 20, 000 described species: Curculionidae, Staphylinidae, Chrysomelidae, Carabidae, Scarabaeidae, and Cerambycidae.

Most of the organisms collected were simple, soft-shelled foraminifera ( 432 species according to National Geographic ), with four of the others representing species of the complex, multi-chambered genera Leptohalysis and Reophax.

Most species of cacti have lost true leaves, retaining only spines, which are highly modified leaves.

Most predictions of forestry related biodiversity loss are based on species-area models, with an underlying assumption that as the forest declines species diversity will decline similarly.

Most species are suited to being planted outside or in containers.

Most lines of brachiopods ended during the Permian-Triassic extinction event, and their ecological niche was filled by bivalves.

Most babes survived the techniques of pituitary manipulation that kept their bodies small, eliminating the necessity of transfers from smaller to larger shells.

Most amateurs work at visible wavelengths, but a small minority experiment with wavelengths outside the visible spectrum.

Most of the shores are densely wooded and are marked by numerous small towns and villages.

Most coastal stations have offshore anchorages, and supplies are transferred from ship to shore by small boats, barges, and helicopters.

Most parts of Alaska that are off the road system can only be reached by small airplane.

Most bubble teas come with small chewy tapioca balls ( 粉圆 fenyuan ), commonly called " pearls " ( 珍珠zhenzhu ) or " boba " ( 波霸boba ).

Most traditional pharmaceutical drugs are relatively small molecules that bind to particular molecular targets and either activate or deactivate biological processes.

Most of the population lives in coastal cities, although the hinterland is occupied at most in small towns and villages along the rivers.

Most uses of diamonds in these technologies do not require large diamonds ; in fact, most diamonds that are gem-quality except for their small size, can find an industrial use.

Most of the inhabitants were descendants of the original Puritan colonists, but there was also a small elite of Anglican " worthies " who were not involved in village life, who made their livings from estates, investments, and trade, and lived in mansions along " the Road to Watertown " ( today's Brattle Street, still known as Tory Row ).

Most cities in the West, and many outside it, support a sizeable and visible industry of cycle couriers who deliver documents and small packages.

Most material ejected from the crater is deposited within a few crater radii, but a small fraction may travel large distances at high velocity, and in large impacts it may exceed escape velocity and leave the impacted planet or moon entirely.

Most linguists remains committed to the hypothesis of medieval ( 11th to 12th century ) immigration, to explain the presence of small German-speaking communities in the north of Italy.

Most famous is the order substituting corncobs and their husks, which was executed by Giuseppe Franzoni and employed in the small domed Vestibule of the Supreme Court.

Most printers already use such small pixels that aliasing is rarely a problem and, in any case, they don't have the addressable fixed subpixels ClearType requires.

Most Black legislators were small holders or merchants who held economic and social views diametrically opposed to the interests of the small, wealthy English planter class.

Most notably a small group of sperm whales live in this area year round.

Most early discussions of diaspora were firmly rooted in a conceptual ' homeland '; they were concerned with a paradigmatic case, or a small number of core cases.

Most of these, including the small code size and small data set size, were understood at the time of its publication in 1984.

Most of the resistance activity had until then taken place on the west side of the Green Mountains ; on March 13, a small riot in the shire town of Westminster, on the east side of the mountains, resulted in the death of two men.

Most earthquake clusters consist of small tremors that cause little to no damage, but there is a theory that earthquakes can recur in a regular pattern.

Most small arms and some pyrotechnic items fall into this category.