Pike is very flat, the eyes small, and of a gold tinge; the upper jaw broad, and shorter than the lower, which turns up a little at the end, and is marked with minute punctures ; the teeth are very sharp, disposed not only in the front of the upper jaw,... A Natural History of the Most Remarkable Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Serpents ... - Page 163by Mary Trimmer - 1825Full view - About this book
| Thomas Pennant - 1776 - 548 pages
...turn pale. The head is very flat ; the upper jaw broad, and is fhorrer than the lower : the under jaw turns up a little at the end, and is marked with minute punctures. Hift. Ceylon, 28. t Hiß. Nat. Polonia, 151. J Icancs pifdum, 316, where a print of the ring is given.... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1797 - 516 pages
...turn pale. The head is very flat ; the upper jaw broad, and is fhorter than the lower ; the under jaw turns up a little at the end, and is marked with minute punftures. The teeth are very Iharp, difpofed only in the front of the upper jaw, but in boifc fides... | |
| Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 430 pages
...Lucius, or PIKE, has a flat head: the upper jaw is broad, and ihorter than the lower : the under jaw turns up a little at the end, and is marked with minute punfturee. The teeth are very (harp, difpofed only in the front of the upper jaw, but in both fides... | |
| William Barker Daniel - 1812 - 654 pages
...of Commerce. The head of the Pike is very flat, the eyes small, and of a gold tinge; the upper jaw broad, and shorter than the lower, which turns up...the teeth are very sharp, disposed not only in the front of the upper jaw, but in both sides of the lower, in the roof of the mouth, and has often three... | |
| J. Macloc - 1820 - 348 pages
...fast. THE PIKE. THE head of the pike is very flat; the eyes small, and of a gold tinge; the upper jaw broad, and shorter than the lower, which turns up...sides of the lower, in the roof of the mouth, and has often three rows upon the tongue, and even down to the orifice of the stomach; the gape of the... | |
| Thomas Pike Lathy - 1822 - 274 pages
...The PIKE has a flat head, the upper jaw broad, and shorter than the lower : the under jaw turns np a little at the end, and is marked with minute punctures. The teeth A fading green o'er-spreads the with'ring mead, And all the smiling summer scenes are fled : are very... | |
| Charles Bowlker - 1826 - 164 pages
...known to grow to be upwards of thirty pounds in weight ; the head of it is very flat, the upper jaw broad, and shorter than the lower, which turns up...minute punctures ; the teeth are very sharp, disposed only in front of the upper jaw, but in both sides of the lower, as well as in the roof of the mouth,... | |
| Stephen Glover - 1829 - 600 pages
...subequal jaws ; the head is very flat, the eyes are large and of a gold tinge, the upper jaw is brood and shorter than the lower, which turns up a little at the end ; the teeth arc very sharp, and disposed not only in the point of the up¡>er jaw, but in both sides... | |
| Stephen Glover - 1831 - 510 pages
...olive, with yellowish spots, and depressed sub-equal jaws ; the head is very flat, the eyes are large and of a gold tinge, the upper jaw is broad and shorter...than the lower, which turns up a little at the end ; the teeth are very sharp, and disposed not only in the point of the upper jaw, but in both sides... | |
| Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 358 pages
...turn pale. The head is very flat; the upper jaw broad, and is shorter than the lower: the under jaw turns up a little at the end, and is marked with minute...The teeth are very sharp, disposed not only in the front of the upper jaw, but in both sides of the lower, in the roof of the mouth, and often the tongue.... | |
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