Zoology: Fishes and invertebrated animalsWm. S. Orr and Company, 1845 |
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Common terms and phrases
abdomen adapted allied amongst animal Animalcules Annelida antennæ apparatus appear appendages aquatic Arachnida Articulata attached Beetles bivalve body branchial canal carapace cavity Cephalopods character cilia colour composed considerable consists Coral Crustacea curious Decapods deposited developed distinct distinguished division dorsal eggs elytra envelope exist extremity eyes feed feet female fins Fishes fluid furnished ganglia genus gills habits head horny Hymenoptera inches inclosed inhabitants insects intestine ISOPODA jaws known large number larva larvæ length live locomotion mandibles manner mantle matter maxillæ membrane metamorphosis minute Mollusca Mollusks mouth nearly oesophagus Order organisation organs orifice pairs of legs pectoral fins peculiar perfect insect Polypes possess posterior present prey prolonged pupa regarded remarkable resemblance respiration respiratory seen segments shell side situated skin sometimes species Spiders stomach structure sucker surface swimming tail tentacula thorax tion tribe tube usually valves whilst whole wings
Popular passages
Page 514 - It is impossible to behold these waves without feeling a conviction that an island, though built of the hardest rock — let it be porphyry, granite, or quartz — would ultimately yield and be demolished by such an irresistible power. Yet these low, insignificant coral islets stand and are victorious; for here another power, as an antagonist, takes part in the contest.
Page 501 - ... of the size of an ordinary saucer. The shell, fixed within the stomach, was so placed as to divide it completely into two halves, so that the body, stretched tensely over, had become thin and flattened like a pancake. All communication between the inferior portion of the stomach and the mouth was of course prevented, yet, instead of emaciating and dying of...
Page 250 - Land-Crab, which burrows in the ground and runs with considerable swiftness, even when encumbered with a bundle of food as big as itself; this food is grass, or the green stalks of rice ; and it is amusing to see the Crabs, sitting, as it were, upright, cut their hay with their sharp pincers, and then waddling off with their sheaf to their holes, as quickly as their side-long pace will carry them.
Page 514 - Thus do we see the soft and gelatinous body of a polypus, through the agency of the vital laws, conquering the great mechanical power of the waves of an ocean which neither the art of man nor the inanimate works of nature could successfully resist.
Page 142 - Soothsayer ; and is termed by the French prie-Dieu. This is regarded by the Turks as an object of superstitious veneration; and many absurd stories are on record, in regard to its habits. The peculiar attitude in question, however, is nothing else than the position in which the prey is most readily seized ; — the front of the thorax being elevated, and the two fore-legs being held up together like a pair of arms, prepared to seize any animal that may fall within their reach. These insects are extremely...
Page 466 - Encrinites as a corn-rick is composed of straws. Man applies it to construct his palace and adorn his sepulchre ; but there are few who know, and fewer still who duly appreciate, the surprising fact, that much of this marble is composed of the skeletons of millions of...
Page 499 - ... hole of the rock ; but, if left undisturbed for about four minutes, it would come gradually in sight, expanding, though at first very cautiously, its seeming leaves, till at last it appeared in its former bloom. However, it would again recoil, with a surprising quickness, when I came within a little distance of it. Having tried the same experiment, by attempting to touch it with my cane and a small slender rod, the effect was the same.
Page 155 - These reside in cylindrical cases, open at each end, to which they attach various matters, as bits of stick, weeds, pebbles, or even small living shells, by the assistance of silken threads, which they spin from the mouth.
Page 489 - ... hollow which is formed by the cohesive force of the liquid, if care be taken to lay the needle down very gently on the surface. If, while the hydra is floating in this manner, suspended by the extremity of the foot, a drop of water be made to fall upon that part, so as to wet it, this hydrostatic power will be destroyed, and the animal will immediately sink to the bottom.
Page 66 - Cuvicr ; but the advantages which it presents, in regard to the study of Fossil Fishes, give it a claim to our attention. — According to Professor Agassiz, all Fishes may be arranged under the four following groups : I. GANOIDIANS ; from the Greek yavos, splendour. — The Fishes of this order are covered by angular scales, composed internally of bone, and coated with enamel. The scales are regularly arranged, and entirely cover the skin with an almost impenetrable armour.