The New Encyclopædia Britannica: In 32 Volumes. A-ak - Bayes, Volume 1Philip W. Goetz, Dale H. Hoiberg, Robert MacHenry Encyclopædia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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Page 95
... specialized group within the suborder and the most likely ancestral fam- ily . The honey guides are almost universally considered very closely related to barbets and are placed next . There is agreement that the specialized toucans ...
... specialized group within the suborder and the most likely ancestral fam- ily . The honey guides are almost universally considered very closely related to barbets and are placed next . There is agreement that the specialized toucans ...
Page 99
... specialized for particular kinds of seed extrac- tion ( e.g. , crossbills , Loxia , which feed on pine seeds ) . This classification indicates morphological and functional types of bills , but it does not imply that a species with a ...
... specialized for particular kinds of seed extrac- tion ( e.g. , crossbills , Loxia , which feed on pine seeds ) . This classification indicates morphological and functional types of bills , but it does not imply that a species with a ...
Page 580
... specialized functions and cooperating with other specialized cells , become the building blocks of large multicellular organisms as com- plex as the human being . Although they are much larger than atoms , these building blocks are ...
... specialized functions and cooperating with other specialized cells , become the building blocks of large multicellular organisms as com- plex as the human being . Although they are much larger than atoms , these building blocks are ...
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