Dictionary of Scientific TermsStrahan & Company, 1878 - 325 pages |
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P. Austin Nuttall. Annulose Animals : - Insects , apterous and winged Worms , and other classes 550,900 2,500 Molluscs , or Soft Animals : - Radiata , star - fishes & c . 1,000 Polypes , corals , & c . 1,500 Naked molluscs 600 Testacea ...
P. Austin Nuttall. Annulose Animals : - Insects , apterous and winged Worms , and other classes 550,900 2,500 Molluscs , or Soft Animals : - Radiata , star - fishes & c . 1,000 Polypes , corals , & c . 1,500 Naked molluscs 600 Testacea ...
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... animals , as Oxen , Sheep , & c . ; - 9 . CETACEA , or the Whale tribe , all of which are explained in the body of the Dictionary under their respective heads . Naturalists class animal life by commencing from the highly - organized ani ...
... animals , as Oxen , Sheep , & c . ; - 9 . CETACEA , or the Whale tribe , all of which are explained in the body of the Dictionary under their respective heads . Naturalists class animal life by commencing from the highly - organized ani ...
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... animals , with cold red blood , respiring by branchiæ , or gills , and moving in the water by the aid of fins ... animal kingdom , and define them in a portable Dictionary like the present one , would be an impossibility . Hence ...
... animals , with cold red blood , respiring by branchiæ , or gills , and moving in the water by the aid of fins ... animal kingdom , and define them in a portable Dictionary like the present one , would be an impossibility . Hence ...
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... animals , which includes the sea - nettle , the jelly - fish , medusa , & c . - In botany , a genus of prickly ... animals . Acanthari'næ , a sub - family of Cory- phænidæ fishes . Acan'thicus ( Gr . prickly or thorny ) , a genus ...
... animals , which includes the sea - nettle , the jelly - fish , medusa , & c . - In botany , a genus of prickly ... animals . Acanthari'næ , a sub - family of Cory- phænidæ fishes . Acan'thicus ( Gr . prickly or thorny ) , a genus ...
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... animal , or animal- flower , of the class Acalephæ . Actinia'ria ( Gr.aktin ) , an order of Po- lypi , which have a radiated appear- ance like the Actinia . Actin'ic ( Gr . sending out rays ) , relating to actinism . Ac'tinism ( Gr ...
... animal , or animal- flower , of the class Acalephæ . Actinia'ria ( Gr.aktin ) , an order of Po- lypi , which have a radiated appear- ance like the Actinia . Actin'ic ( Gr . sending out rays ) , relating to actinism . Ac'tinism ( Gr ...
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