American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 1Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Arts |
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... head and body are cover- ed with small scales , and are of a bluish tinge , with a silvery cast on the abdomen : the pectoral fins are brown , and of a mo- derate size : the ventral rather small , and of a similar colour : the lateral ...
... head and body are cover- ed with small scales , and are of a bluish tinge , with a silvery cast on the abdomen : the pectoral fins are brown , and of a mo- derate size : the ventral rather small , and of a similar colour : the lateral ...
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... head ; feelers two , jointed ; egg - shaped . The most familiar species are , 1. the A. siro , or common cheese - mite , which is a fa vourite subject for microscopic observa- tions . This insect is covered with hairs or bristles ...
... head ; feelers two , jointed ; egg - shaped . The most familiar species are , 1. the A. siro , or common cheese - mite , which is a fa vourite subject for microscopic observa- tions . This insect is covered with hairs or bristles ...
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... head , and neck , are musculous , and the skin very tough . The birds of this order subsist by preying on other animals , and on dead carcases , and they are unfit for food . They live in pairs , and are monogamous ; and build their ...
... head , and neck , are musculous , and the skin very tough . The birds of this order subsist by preying on other animals , and on dead carcases , and they are unfit for food . They live in pairs , and are monogamous ; and build their ...
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... head is obtuse , the mouth is un- der the head , retractile , and without teeth ; that the four cerri are below the front , and before the mouth ; the aperture of the gills is at the side , the body is elonga- ted , and angulated with ...
... head is obtuse , the mouth is un- der the head , retractile , and without teeth ; that the four cerri are below the front , and before the mouth ; the aperture of the gills is at the side , the body is elonga- ted , and angulated with ...
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... head , above the vane , to keep it from coming off the spin- dle . ACORUS , in botany , the sweet flag , or sweet rush , a genus of the Monogynia or- der , and Hexandria class of plants , and belonging to the natural order of Piperitæ ...
... head , above the vane , to keep it from coming off the spin- dle . ACORUS , in botany , the sweet flag , or sweet rush , a genus of the Monogynia or- der , and Hexandria class of plants , and belonging to the natural order of Piperitæ ...
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