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, Volum 12Mitchell, Ames and White, 1821 |
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... fishes bear a considerable part . Some have supposed , that the motion of fish in the water depends principally up- on the pectoral fins , but the contrary is easily proved by experiment ; for if the pectoral fins of a fish are cut off ...
... fishes bear a considerable part . Some have supposed , that the motion of fish in the water depends principally up- on the pectoral fins , but the contrary is easily proved by experiment ; for if the pectoral fins of a fish are cut off ...
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... fishes fre- quent the coast of the sea , and subsist upon worms and insects , and the ova of fishes . There are eight speeies , of which we shall notice the following : S. acus , or the great pipe - fish , some- times attains the length ...
... fishes fre- quent the coast of the sea , and subsist upon worms and insects , and the ova of fishes . There are eight speeies , of which we shall notice the following : S. acus , or the great pipe - fish , some- times attains the length ...
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... fish ; and those of the third section infest Mammalia , birds , reptiles , and fish . This genus of worms are destined to feed on the juices of vari- ous animals , and are usually found in the alimentary canal , generally at the upper ...
... fish ; and those of the third section infest Mammalia , birds , reptiles , and fish . This genus of worms are destined to feed on the juices of vari- ous animals , and are usually found in the alimentary canal , generally at the upper ...
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... fish ; the flow- ers are produced in taper spikes , at the end of the branches , several of them growing on the same branches ; the spikes are about an inch long ; the flow- ers are set very close all round the spike ; they are small ...
... fish ; the flow- ers are produced in taper spikes , at the end of the branches , several of them growing on the same branches ; the spikes are about an inch long ; the flow- ers are set very close all round the spike ; they are small ...
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... fish , have little saga- city , and are often seen in cypress trees of extraordinary height , with their heavy bills ... fishes , for which , on the ebbing of the tide , it frequents the shores . It perches in trees , but lays its eggs ...
... fish , have little saga- city , and are often seen in cypress trees of extraordinary height , with their heavy bills ... fishes , for which , on the ebbing of the tide , it frequents the shores . It perches in trees , but lays its eggs ...
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