Dictionary of Scientific TermsStrahan & Company, 1878 - 325 pages |
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... fossil remains of which have been abun- dantly found of a gigantic size . The fourth class ( PISCES , or FISHES ) are vertebrated animals , with cold red blood , respiring by branchiæ , or gills , and moving in the water by the aid of ...
... fossil remains of which have been abun- dantly found of a gigantic size . The fourth class ( PISCES , or FISHES ) are vertebrated animals , with cold red blood , respiring by branchiæ , or gills , and moving in the water by the aid of ...
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... fossil shell of a conical shape . Acantha'cea ( the prickle - tribe ) , a natural order of exogenous mono- petalous plants , composed of shrubs or herbs , and chiefly tropical . Acan'the ( Gr . prickles , thorns , orspines , from which ...
... fossil shell of a conical shape . Acantha'cea ( the prickle - tribe ) , a natural order of exogenous mono- petalous plants , composed of shrubs or herbs , and chiefly tropical . Acan'the ( Gr . prickles , thorns , orspines , from which ...
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... fossil fishes . Acar'dia ( Gr . without a hinge ) , a genus of fossil bivalve shells of the oyster kind . Acar'do ( Gr . ut supra ) , a genus of flat bivalve shells . Ac'ari ( Gr . mites ) , small spider - like animals , of the order ...
... fossil fishes . Acar'dia ( Gr . without a hinge ) , a genus of fossil bivalve shells of the oyster kind . Acar'do ( Gr . ut supra ) , a genus of flat bivalve shells . Ac'ari ( Gr . mites ) , small spider - like animals , of the order ...
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... fossil Saurians which have the teeth anchylosed to the top of the alveolar process . Ac'rodus ( Gr . extreme teeth ) , in geo- logy , a genus of fossil sharks . Ac'rogens ( Gr . extreme productions ) , in botany , a term applied to ...
... fossil Saurians which have the teeth anchylosed to the top of the alveolar process . Ac'rodus ( Gr . extreme teeth ) , in geo- logy , a genus of fossil sharks . Ac'rogens ( Gr . extreme productions ) , in botany , a term applied to ...
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... fossil mammalia found in the Eocene for- mation of Paris . Addax , a species of antelope . Adduc'tor ( Lat . that which draws to ) , in anatomy , a muscle whose action is to draw one part to another ; its antagonistic muscle is called ...
... fossil mammalia found in the Eocene for- mation of Paris . Addax , a species of antelope . Adduc'tor ( Lat . that which draws to ) , in anatomy , a muscle whose action is to draw one part to another ; its antagonistic muscle is called ...
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acid alumina anatomy angle animal antimony architecture astronomy atom atomic weight birds body bones botany called carbon carbonic acid chemistry circle cloth gilt extra coleopterous insects colour composed compound conchology consisting of silica containing copper Crown 8vo crystals disease earth entomology epithet applied exogenous plants fishes flowers fluid formed fortification fossil genera genus genus of plants geology geometry heraldry hydrogen ichthyology inflammation insects instrument Ital lime lithos a stone logy magnesia malacology manganese medicine membrane ment metal metron metron a measure military science mineral mineralogy Mollusca muscles nerves obtained optics order of exogenous organs ornithology oxide oxide of iron oxygen pathology physiology potash prefix produced resin rocks salt shells shrubs silica sisting Small 8vo species stamens sub-family substance sulphur surface surgery tained term applied tion tree tribe type and genus variety vegetable zoology