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Page 159
... four members of a group searching for insects and other small animals on the ground may keep near each other , with the result that prey frightened into activity by one bird may be caught by one of the others . Several other species of ...
... four members of a group searching for insects and other small animals on the ground may keep near each other , with the result that prey frightened into activity by one bird may be caught by one of the others . Several other species of ...
Page 256
... four of a kind ( 12 ) ; and for playing a third or later card to form a run , or sequence , regardless of suits and regardless of the order in which the cards are played ( 1 for each card in the run ) . The showing . The next stage of ...
... four of a kind ( 12 ) ; and for playing a third or later card to form a run , or sequence , regardless of suits and regardless of the order in which the cards are played ( 1 for each card in the run ) . The showing . The next stage of ...
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... four large groups of animals ( vertebrates , mollusks , articulates , and radiates ) , each of which had a special type of anatomical organization . All animals within the same group were classified together , as he believed they were ...
... four large groups of animals ( vertebrates , mollusks , articulates , and radiates ) , each of which had a special type of anatomical organization . All animals within the same group were classified together , as he believed they were ...
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