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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... membrane , moving forwards like a bird in flight ; the third is found among duck - weed , without visible in- testines . BURSARS , in the Scotch universities , are youths chosen as exhibitioners , and maintained for the space of four ...
... membrane , moving forwards like a bird in flight ; the third is found among duck - weed , without visible in- testines . BURSARS , in the Scotch universities , are youths chosen as exhibitioners , and maintained for the space of four ...
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... membrane There is but one gaping on the outside . species ; viz . C. rhizophylla , common peduncle or rachis , round , brown , and smooth , elongated at the tip , leafless ; bulbiferous rooting ; partial peduncles green , flatted ...
... membrane There is but one gaping on the outside . species ; viz . C. rhizophylla , common peduncle or rachis , round , brown , and smooth , elongated at the tip , leafless ; bulbiferous rooting ; partial peduncles green , flatted ...
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... membrane six - rayed ; body naked ; ventral fins very remote . There are seven species , of which we shall notice C. lyra , or gemmeous dragonet , so called from the peculiar form of its first dorsal fin , the shape of which bears a ...
... membrane six - rayed ; body naked ; ventral fins very remote . There are seven species , of which we shall notice C. lyra , or gemmeous dragonet , so called from the peculiar form of its first dorsal fin , the shape of which bears a ...
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... membrane . There are two species , of which C. lati- folia , bastard mangeneel , is an elegant tree , about thirty feet in height , abound- ing with an acrid milky juice ; flowers sinall and white ; follicles brown , bivalve in their ...
... membrane . There are two species , of which C. lati- folia , bastard mangeneel , is an elegant tree , about thirty feet in height , abound- ing with an acrid milky juice ; flowers sinall and white ; follicles brown , bivalve in their ...
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... membrane ; middle claw with a broad serrate edge . The birds of this genus , unless dis- turbed , or in cloudy and gloomy wea- ther , seldom make their appearance by day , but by night are active and alert in the pursuit of insects ...
... membrane ; middle claw with a broad serrate edge . The birds of this genus , unless dis- turbed , or in cloudy and gloomy wea- ther , seldom make their appearance by day , but by night are active and alert in the pursuit of insects ...
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