Dictionary of Scientific TermsStrahan & Company, 1878 - 325 pages |
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... muscle which serves to draw back the parts to which it is attached . Abe'lia ( so named from Dr. C. Abel , of the Chinese embassy ) , a genus of pretty flowering greenhouse plants ; order Caprifoliaceæ . Abelmos'chus , a genus of plants ...
... muscle which serves to draw back the parts to which it is attached . Abe'lia ( so named from Dr. C. Abel , of the Chinese embassy ) , a genus of pretty flowering greenhouse plants ; order Caprifoliaceæ . Abelmos'chus , a genus of plants ...
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... muscular fibre . Its principal ingredients are carbon , hydrogen , nitrogen , and oxy- gen . -In botany , albumen is that fleshy or horny consistence which is secreted in certain seeds . - Albumi- nous , belonging to , or containing ...
... muscular fibre . Its principal ingredients are carbon , hydrogen , nitrogen , and oxy- gen . -In botany , albumen is that fleshy or horny consistence which is secreted in certain seeds . - Albumi- nous , belonging to , or containing ...
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... like segments , having their integuments sometimes hard , and sometimes soft , and the muscles always attached to the en- velope ; with or without limbs ; respir- ing through trachea or air - vessels , sometimes through ANG ANI 26.
... like segments , having their integuments sometimes hard , and sometimes soft , and the muscles always attached to the en- velope ; with or without limbs ; respir- ing through trachea or air - vessels , sometimes through ANG ANI 26.
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... muscles being attached to the skin ; the body almost always covered with a mantle , which is either membra- neous , fleshy , or secreting a shell ; the nervous system composed of scattered masses , or ganglions , connected by filaments ...
... muscles being attached to the skin ; the body almost always covered with a mantle , which is either membra- neous , fleshy , or secreting a shell ; the nervous system composed of scattered masses , or ganglions , connected by filaments ...
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... muscles that assist in bending the head forward , as in nodding or bowing . An'nular Crystal ( Lat . annulus a ring ) ... muscle of the abdomen . It is through this open- ing that the intestines protrude in inguinal rupture . In ...
... muscles that assist in bending the head forward , as in nodding or bowing . An'nular Crystal ( Lat . annulus a ring ) ... muscle of the abdomen . It is through this open- ing that the intestines protrude in inguinal rupture . In ...
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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