A Guide to the Exhibition Rooms of the Departments of Natural History and Antiquitiesorder of the Trustees, 1878 - 154 pages |
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... lower lip . They attack animals and sometimes even men while sleeping , fanning the victims with their wings . They are of small size , but the wounds which they inflict often continue to bleed after the Bats are satiated , and do not ...
... lower lip . They attack animals and sometimes even men while sleeping , fanning the victims with their wings . They are of small size , but the wounds which they inflict often continue to bleed after the Bats are satiated , and do not ...
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... lower for the admission , and the upper for the emission , of the water from the mantle cavity . Some of these , as the Veneride and other families , crawl on a compressed foot , while the Cockles have an elongated foot , angularly bent ...
... lower for the admission , and the upper for the emission , of the water from the mantle cavity . Some of these , as the Veneride and other families , crawl on a compressed foot , while the Cockles have an elongated foot , angularly bent ...
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... lower side of their body . The Globe - fishes ( Diodon , Tetrodon ) , which are covered with spines , and defend themselves by inflating their body into a globe ; they are often found floating on the surface of the water ; the flesh of ...
... lower side of their body . The Globe - fishes ( Diodon , Tetrodon ) , which are covered with spines , and defend themselves by inflating their body into a globe ; they are often found floating on the surface of the water ; the flesh of ...
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... lower lobe , and is supported by a continuation of the vertebral column - a form of tail which is termed Heterocercal , and which is most commonly found in all the orders of fishes of the middle and older Geological formations ; but ...
... lower lobe , and is supported by a continuation of the vertebral column - a form of tail which is termed Heterocercal , and which is most commonly found in all the orders of fishes of the middle and older Geological formations ; but ...
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... lower division of the 7th , are arranged the Dipterines , including fishes of the Old Red Sandstone and Coal formations , having the body pro- tected by rhomboidal scales , and provided with two back fins , as well as two anal fins ...
... lower division of the 7th , are arranged the Dipterines , including fishes of the Old Red Sandstone and Coal formations , having the body pro- tected by rhomboidal scales , and provided with two back fins , as well as two anal fins ...
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