American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 3Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... cloaca ; the pancreas and liver have both several ducts entering the intestine ; spleen in the centre of the me- sentery . This class cannot be distributed into or- ders so clearly distinguished by anatomi- cal characters as the ...
... cloaca ; the pancreas and liver have both several ducts entering the intestine ; spleen in the centre of the me- sentery . This class cannot be distributed into or- ders so clearly distinguished by anatomi- cal characters as the ...
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... cloaca , through which the fæces and urine are expelled , and in which the organs of generation terminate ; neither hair , feathers , nor mammæ ; skin either naked , or covered with scales ; both jaws are moveable ; there is an urinary ...
... cloaca , through which the fæces and urine are expelled , and in which the organs of generation terminate ; neither hair , feathers , nor mammæ ; skin either naked , or covered with scales ; both jaws are moveable ; there is an urinary ...
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... cloaca of birds . This resem- blance is the most striking in the orni- thorhynchus . A remarkable difference is observed in the length of the canal between the wild and domesticated breeds of the same species . In the wild boar the ...
... cloaca of birds . This resem- blance is the most striking in the orni- thorhynchus . A remarkable difference is observed in the length of the canal between the wild and domesticated breeds of the same species . In the wild boar the ...
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... cloaca , which is a large mem- branous bag , containing also the termina- tion of the ureters , that of the oviduct , the vasa deferentia , and of a membranous bag of unknown use , called bursa fabricii . This also holds the penis ...
... cloaca , which is a large mem- branous bag , containing also the termina- tion of the ureters , that of the oviduct , the vasa deferentia , and of a membranous bag of unknown use , called bursa fabricii . This also holds the penis ...
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... cloaca . Animals of the genus testudo and rana have a large bladder in the situation of the urinary receptacle of other animals . This is double in many of the frogs , pro- perly so called . These bags are repre- sented both by ...
... cloaca . Animals of the genus testudo and rana have a large bladder in the situation of the urinary receptacle of other animals . This is double in many of the frogs , pro- perly so called . These bags are repre- sented both by ...
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