The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: A - K.Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1997 |
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Page 81
... appearing like one of the many stones scattered about . The owlet frogmouths appear as clusters of dead leaves . Potoos and frogmouths are streaked and mottled like bark so that in the daytime alarm posture they appear most effectively ...
... appearing like one of the many stones scattered about . The owlet frogmouths appear as clusters of dead leaves . Potoos and frogmouths are streaked and mottled like bark so that in the daytime alarm posture they appear most effectively ...
Page 524
... appear to be related to cigarette smoking . Cancers of the lung tend to metastasize widely to lymph nodes in the neck and chest , to the pleura ( membrane ) lining the chest and lungs , and to the liver , adrenals , and bone . The ...
... appear to be related to cigarette smoking . Cancers of the lung tend to metastasize widely to lymph nodes in the neck and chest , to the pleura ( membrane ) lining the chest and lungs , and to the liver , adrenals , and bone . The ...
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... appears more controlled , more predictable than that of Töpffer ; it is comic in an earthier and more rational way ... appear in a general - interest daily newspa- per rather than in a weekly satirical magazine of relatively restricted ...
... appears more controlled , more predictable than that of Töpffer ; it is comic in an earthier and more rational way ... appear in a general - interest daily newspa- per rather than in a weekly satirical magazine of relatively restricted ...
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