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Page 249
... head ) . The nasal vesicle is variously open to the environment , and its sensory cells , as chemical receptors , are not unlike those in the taste buds of the mouth . The eye is the most complex organ of the head and is a lateral ...
... head ) . The nasal vesicle is variously open to the environment , and its sensory cells , as chemical receptors , are not unlike those in the taste buds of the mouth . The eye is the most complex organ of the head and is a lateral ...
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... head of Arethusa ( the fountain nymph of Syracusan Ortygia ) , wreathed ( possi- bly for victory ) , and on the reverse a chariot above a fleeing lion . From the Persian Wars to Alexander the Great , 490- 336 BC . For a century and a ...
... head of Arethusa ( the fountain nymph of Syracusan Ortygia ) , wreathed ( possi- bly for victory ) , and on the reverse a chariot above a fleeing lion . From the Persian Wars to Alexander the Great , 490- 336 BC . For a century and a ...
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... head ; carapace leaves 4 thoracic segments uncovered ; second thoracic limbs massive ; marine ; about 350 species . † Order Palaeostomatopoda . Carboniferous . tOrder Aeschronectida . Subclass Eumalacostraca Carboniferous . Late ...
... head ; carapace leaves 4 thoracic segments uncovered ; second thoracic limbs massive ; marine ; about 350 species . † Order Palaeostomatopoda . Carboniferous . tOrder Aeschronectida . Subclass Eumalacostraca Carboniferous . Late ...
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