A manual of zoologyWilliam Blackwood & Sons, 1878 - Zoology |
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... living bodies-- Nature and conditions of life - Vital force - Differences between animals and plants - Morphology and physiology - Differences between different animals - Specialisation of functions - Morpho- logical type- Von Baer's ...
... living bodies-- Nature and conditions of life - Vital force - Differences between animals and plants - Morphology and physiology - Differences between different animals - Specialisation of functions - Morpho- logical type- Von Baer's ...
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... living beings , is properly designated by the term Biology ( from Bios , life , and Aóyos , a discourse ) . Biology , in turn , may be split up into the sciences of Botany and Zoology , the former dealing with plants , the latter with ...
... living beings , is properly designated by the term Biology ( from Bios , life , and Aóyos , a discourse ) . Biology , in turn , may be split up into the sciences of Botany and Zoology , the former dealing with plants , the latter with ...
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... living beings , whilst all kinds of matter produced by the vital chemistry of living beings were grouped together under the former title . " Inorganic " Chemistry , for example , was that department of chemical science which dealt with ...
... living beings , whilst all kinds of matter produced by the vital chemistry of living beings were grouped together under the former title . " Inorganic " Chemistry , for example , was that department of chemical science which dealt with ...
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... living body are , of course , " organic " in the main , but they are equally so after death has occurred at any rate for a certain time - and some of them continue to be so for an indefinite period after life has departed . Sugar , for ...
... living body are , of course , " organic " in the main , but they are equally so after death has occurred at any rate for a certain time - and some of them continue to be so for an indefinite period after life has departed . Sugar , for ...
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... living beings , are so unstable that we usually speak of them as decomposing or breaking up " spon- taneously , " when removed from the influence of the living organism . So long as they form part of the actually living body , they are ...
... living beings , are so unstable that we usually speak of them as decomposing or breaking up " spon- taneously , " when removed from the influence of the living organism . So long as they form part of the actually living body , they are ...
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abdomen adult alimentary canal ambulacral amongst animal Annelides antennæ anus aperture appendages Arachnida articulated attached birds bivalve body bones Brachiopoda branchiæ branchial calcareous carapace cavity cephalothorax chitinous ciliated composed comprising consists contractile Crustacea Ctenophora developed disc distinct division dorsal embryo Eocene external extinct extremity feet females fins fishes Foraminifera fossil furnished gemmation genera genus gills head horny Huxley Hydrozoa incisors Insects integument intestine known labium larva larvæ legs limbs living locomotive males Mammals mandibles margin maxillæ membrane molars Mollusca mouth nervous system operculum organs ovum Owen pairs Paleozoic parasitic placed plates polypide polypites Polyzoa portion possess posterior present regarded reproductive Reptiles respiratory Rotifera rudimentary Scolecida segments shell side Silurian single skeleton sometimes somites species spines stomach structure sub-order surface tail teeth tentacles termed thorax toes transverse tube upper usually valves ventral Vertebrates vesicle whilst wings Zoantharia zoöids
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