First Steps to ZoologySimms and M'Intyre, 1849 |
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... QUADRUPEDS , WHALES , & c . ORDER I. OPOSSUM , KANGAROO II . RAT , HARE , SQUIRREL III - SLOTII , ANT - EATER IV . - Ox , Deer V. ELEPHANT , RHINOCEROS VI . - WHALE , PORPOISE . VII - LION , TIGER , BEAR ,, VIII . HEDGE - HOG , SHREW IX ...
... QUADRUPEDS , WHALES , & c . ORDER I. OPOSSUM , KANGAROO II . RAT , HARE , SQUIRREL III - SLOTII , ANT - EATER IV . - Ox , Deer V. ELEPHANT , RHINOCEROS VI . - WHALE , PORPOISE . VII - LION , TIGER , BEAR ,, VIII . HEDGE - HOG , SHREW IX ...
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... quadrupeds of these countries , or the tiger and elephant of other lands , but we include birds , fishes , snakes , and frogs . Nor do we stop with these ; we apply the term to the snail and the oyster , to the crab and the worm , to ...
... quadrupeds of these countries , or the tiger and elephant of other lands , but we include birds , fishes , snakes , and frogs . Nor do we stop with these ; we apply the term to the snail and the oyster , to the crab and the worm , to ...
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... quadrupeds , which are almost entirely supported by them , worms seem to be the great promoters of vegeta- tion , which would proceed but lamely without them , by boring , perforating , and loosening the soil , and rendering it pervious ...
... quadrupeds , which are almost entirely supported by them , worms seem to be the great promoters of vegeta- tion , which would proceed but lamely without them , by boring , perforating , and loosening the soil , and rendering it pervious ...
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... quadruped whose head , with the exception of the mouth and place of juncture with the neck , was covered by two enormous masses of eyes , numbering upwards of 12,000 in each mass ? Yet such is the condition of the organs of vision in ...
... quadruped whose head , with the exception of the mouth and place of juncture with the neck , was covered by two enormous masses of eyes , numbering upwards of 12,000 in each mass ? Yet such is the condition of the organs of vision in ...
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... quadrupeds , such as the hedgehog . There is a species , found in the southern and midland counties of England , which has been considered a delicacy by man himself . From the time of the Romans , who fattened them as an article of food ...
... quadrupeds , such as the hedgehog . There is a species , found in the southern and midland counties of England , which has been considered a delicacy by man himself . From the time of the Romans , who fattened them as an article of food ...
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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