First Steps to ZoologySimms and M'Intyre, 1849 |
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... inch . According to this estimate , a drop of water might contain 500 millions of them , a number nearly equalling that of the whole human race at present living on the earth . These animalcules or little animals , abound in infusions ...
... inch . According to this estimate , a drop of water might contain 500 millions of them , a number nearly equalling that of the whole human race at present living on the earth . These animalcules or little animals , abound in infusions ...
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... inches in diameter , but had some- how contrived to swallow a scallop shell the size of an ordinary saucer . The shell fixed within the stomach was so placed as to divide it completely into two equal parts , so that the body stretched ...
... inches in diameter , but had some- how contrived to swallow a scallop shell the size of an ordinary saucer . The shell fixed within the stomach was so placed as to divide it completely into two equal parts , so that the body stretched ...
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... inch , I calculated that this web of silvery lace had been the work and habitation of about two millions of industrious , and , we doubt not , happy inmates ; so that inhabitant . this single colony , on a submarine island , was.
... inch , I calculated that this web of silvery lace had been the work and habitation of about two millions of industrious , and , we doubt not , happy inmates ; so that inhabitant . this single colony , on a submarine island , was.
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... inch in length . In this state Fig . 21. - POLYPE STATE OF THE FEATHER - STAR ( MAGNIFIED ) . ( Fig . 21 ) , it resem- bles some of the Polypes we have been considering . It is in fact a diminutive , feathery looking star- fish ...
... inch in length . In this state Fig . 21. - POLYPE STATE OF THE FEATHER - STAR ( MAGNIFIED ) . ( Fig . 21 ) , it resem- bles some of the Polypes we have been considering . It is in fact a diminutive , feathery looking star- fish ...
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... inches in diameter ; others are so small , that a score or two of them might be displayed on an ordinary visiting - card . Professor Forbes , in speaking of a spine - covered species , remarks : — " Of all our native Brittle - stars ...
... inches in diameter ; others are so small , that a score or two of them might be displayed on an ordinary visiting - card . Professor Forbes , in speaking of a spine - covered species , remarks : — " Of all our native Brittle - stars ...
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Acorn-shells adapted animals appearance arms arranged Baleen Whale beak beautiful Bees beetles belonging birds Bittern BLACK-HEADED GULL BOAT-FLY body British CARNIVORA Cetacea coasts colour common covering crab creature Crustacea Cuttle-fish deposited distinguished earth Earth-worm edible crab eggs exhibit eyes Falcons feathers feet female fins fish flight floating furnished gills habits head Horse-leech inches INFUSORIA inhabitants insects Ireland islands jaws known larvæ Leech legs length Limpet living Lizards Lobster lower MAGNIFIED male membranous Mollusca Mollusks Monkeys mouth mussel naturalists nest NORTHERN DIVER Opossums organs Owls oyster peculiar Pinna placed poet Polypes possess pouch present order prey quadrupeds rays regarded remarkable represented reptiles resemble scientific name Sea-urchin sea-water seen Sharks shell shores silk singular Star-fish Stickle-back structure substance suckers surface Swallow tail teeth tentacula Teredo term tion Tortoises trees tribes Vultures WASPS Whale wings worms young ZOEA