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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... Insects and Crabs ; sixthly , Molluscs ( Shell - fish ) ; seventhly , Radiata ( Star- fishes ) ; eighthly , Corallites , or Corals ; and lastly , Protozoans , which are principally jelly - like organisms , with little structure . In ...
... Insects and Crabs ; sixthly , Molluscs ( Shell - fish ) ; seventhly , Radiata ( Star- fishes ) ; eighthly , Corallites , or Corals ; and lastly , Protozoans , which are principally jelly - like organisms , with little structure . In ...
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... Insects a knowledge of their forms , habits , & c . , being termed ENTOMO- LOGY . Entomology has been subdivided into eleven orders , viz . , Thyanoura , apter- ous or wingless insects ; -Parasita , so called from living on other ...
... Insects a knowledge of their forms , habits , & c . , being termed ENTOMO- LOGY . Entomology has been subdivided into eleven orders , viz . , Thyanoura , apter- ous or wingless insects ; -Parasita , so called from living on other ...
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... insects . Abdo'men ( Lat . a hiding - place ) , in ver- tebrated animals , that cavity which contains the organs of digestion the lower venter or belly . - In en- tomology , the hinder part of the body , which appears united to the fore ...
... insects . Abdo'men ( Lat . a hiding - place ) , in ver- tebrated animals , that cavity which contains the organs of digestion the lower venter or belly . - In en- tomology , the hinder part of the body , which appears united to the fore ...
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... insects , of the tribe of Ichneumonides . Acal'epha ( Gr . a nettle ) , in zoology , a class of marine , gelatinous ... insects ; fam . Scarabæidæ . Acanthoci'nus ( Gr . spine - moving ) , a genus of coleopterous insects ; fam ...
... insects , of the tribe of Ichneumonides . Acal'epha ( Gr . a nettle ) , in zoology , a class of marine , gelatinous ... insects ; fam . Scarabæidæ . Acanthoci'nus ( Gr . spine - moving ) , a genus of coleopterous insects ; fam ...
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