The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... fishes , having ventral fins placed behind the pectoral in the abdomen , and the branchia ossiculated . This order com- prehends sixteen genera , viz . parent motion of the heavenly bodies , pro- duced by the progressive motion of light ...
... fishes , having ventral fins placed behind the pectoral in the abdomen , and the branchia ossiculated . This order com- prehends sixteen genera , viz . parent motion of the heavenly bodies , pro- duced by the progressive motion of light ...
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... fishes , as those of the echinus marinus , & c . ACANTHACEOUS , among botanists , an epithet given to all the plants of ... Fish . Fine specimens are to be found in the British and Leverian museums . ог ACANTHUS , BEAR'S BReech , BRANK ...
... fishes , as those of the echinus marinus , & c . ACANTHACEOUS , among botanists , an epithet given to all the plants of ... Fish . Fine specimens are to be found in the British and Leverian museums . ог ACANTHUS , BEAR'S BReech , BRANK ...
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... fish ; are inhabi- tants of the sea , but ascend rivers annu- ally ; the flesh of all of them is delicious ; from the roe is made caviar , and from the sounds and muscular parts is made isinglass ; they feed on worms , and other fishes ...
... fish ; are inhabi- tants of the sea , but ascend rivers annu- ally ; the flesh of all of them is delicious ; from the roe is made caviar , and from the sounds and muscular parts is made isinglass ; they feed on worms , and other fishes ...
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... fish , and other marine animals , which they draw in with their feelers , in a short time reject- ing through the same aperture the shells and indigestible parts . They assume various forms ; and where the tentacula or feelers are all ...
... fish , and other marine animals , which they draw in with their feelers , in a short time reject- ing through the same aperture the shells and indigestible parts . They assume various forms ; and where the tentacula or feelers are all ...
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... fishes are divided into those with aculeated and not aculeated fins . The same term is applied , in botany , to the stems and branches of those plants that are furnished with prickles , as the rose , the raspberry , and barberry trees ...
... fishes are divided into those with aculeated and not aculeated fins . The same term is applied , in botany , to the stems and branches of those plants that are furnished with prickles , as the rose , the raspberry , and barberry trees ...
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