Dictionary of Scientific TermsStrahan & Company, 1878 - 325 pages |
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... fishes & c . 1,000 Polypes , corals , & c . 1,500 Naked molluscs 600 Testacea , or shell - fish 4,500 Total ...... 577,600 Next to Zoology is the science of Vegetation , called BOTANY , which con- sists of a knowledge of plants , their ...
... fishes & c . 1,000 Polypes , corals , & c . 1,500 Naked molluscs 600 Testacea , or shell - fish 4,500 Total ...... 577,600 Next to Zoology is the science of Vegetation , called BOTANY , which con- sists of a knowledge of plants , their ...
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... Fishes ; fifthly , Articulates , such as Insects and Crabs ; sixthly , Molluscs ( Shell - fish ) ; seventhly , Radiata ( Star- fishes ) ; eighthly , Corallites , or Corals ; and lastly , Protozoans , which are principally jelly - like ...
... Fishes ; fifthly , Articulates , such as Insects and Crabs ; sixthly , Molluscs ( Shell - fish ) ; seventhly , Radiata ( Star- fishes ) ; eighthly , Corallites , or Corals ; and lastly , Protozoans , which are principally jelly - like ...
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... FISHES ) are vertebrated animals , with cold red blood , respiring by branchiæ , or gills , and moving in the water by the aid of fins . A knowledge of their form and habits is scientifically called ICHTHY- OLOGY . - Cuvier divides this ...
... FISHES ) are vertebrated animals , with cold red blood , respiring by branchiæ , or gills , and moving in the water by the aid of fins . A knowledge of their form and habits is scientifically called ICHTHY- OLOGY . - Cuvier divides this ...
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... fishes which has the ventral fins placed behind ABO the pectorals , as in the herring or pike . Abduc'tor ( Lat . that which draws back ) , in anatomy , a muscle which serves to draw back the parts to which it is attached . Abe'lia ( so ...
... fishes which has the ventral fins placed behind ABO the pectorals , as in the herring or pike . Abduc'tor ( Lat . that which draws back ) , in anatomy , a muscle which serves to draw back the parts to which it is attached . Abe'lia ( so ...
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... fishes , the bream ; family Cyprinidæ . Abran'chians ( Gr . without gills ) , a name applied to Cuvier's third order ... fishes . Acan'thicus ( Gr . prickly or thorny ) , a genus of fishes furnished with sharp spines on the scale ...
... fishes , the bream ; family Cyprinidæ . Abran'chians ( Gr . without gills ) , a name applied to Cuvier's third order ... fishes . Acan'thicus ( Gr . prickly or thorny ) , a genus of fishes furnished with sharp spines on the scale ...
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