First Steps to ZoologySimms and M'Intyre, 1849 |
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... remarkable than their power of bearing mutilation . If the tentacula be destroyed , others are soon after formed . If the animal be cut across into two distinct portions , the upper part continues to take food as usual , though for a ...
... remarkable than their power of bearing mutilation . If the tentacula be destroyed , others are soon after formed . If the animal be cut across into two distinct portions , the upper part continues to take food as usual , though for a ...
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... remarkable appendages , which can in a moment be extended and displayed to their full extent , or drawn back into cavities within the body . By means of these the little Beröe can attach itself to the sides or bottom of its glassy ...
... remarkable appendages , which can in a moment be extended and displayed to their full extent , or drawn back into cavities within the body . By means of these the little Beröe can attach itself to the sides or bottom of its glassy ...
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... remarkable points in the structure and habits of the Sea - nettles . After the lecture , a farmer who had been present came forward , and inquired if he had understood him correctly , as having stated that the Medusa contained so little ...
... remarkable points in the structure and habits of the Sea - nettles . After the lecture , a farmer who had been present came forward , and inquired if he had understood him correctly , as having stated that the Medusa contained so little ...
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... remarkable than the power they possess of emitting a beautiful phosphorescent light ; and , in some of the larger Medusa , this is of such intensity , that they have been compared to balls of fire suspended in the water . The Professor ...
... remarkable than the power they possess of emitting a beautiful phosphorescent light ; and , in some of the larger Medusa , this is of such intensity , that they have been compared to balls of fire suspended in the water . The Professor ...
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... entire contrast to those we have just been considering . The difference of their external covering is obvious to every one ; that of the internal structure is not less remarkable . In this group , animals that are extremely unlike in.
... entire contrast to those we have just been considering . The difference of their external covering is obvious to every one ; that of the internal structure is not less remarkable . In this group , animals that are extremely unlike in.
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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