British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 12Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... racter : near each eye a spot , which is na- ked , or papillous , or slightly covered with feathers . Birds of this genus , which , according to Gmelin , comprehends the grouse , the partridge , and the quail , fol- low the dam ...
... racter : near each eye a spot , which is na- ked , or papillous , or slightly covered with feathers . Birds of this genus , which , according to Gmelin , comprehends the grouse , the partridge , and the quail , fol- low the dam ...
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... racter : calyx none ; petals four or five ; seeds tailless . There are twenty - two species . THALLITE , in mineralogy , a stone found in the fissures of mountains in Dau- phiny , and on Chamouni , in the Alps . It is sometimes ...
... racter : calyx none ; petals four or five ; seeds tailless . There are twenty - two species . THALLITE , in mineralogy , a stone found in the fissures of mountains in Dau- phiny , and on Chamouni , in the Alps . It is sometimes ...
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... racter : calyx three - leaved ; petals three ; filaments equal , with jointed hairs ; cap- sule three - celled . There are nineteen species . TRAGACANTH . See GUM . TRAGEDY , a drama which represents some grand and serious action , and ...
... racter : calyx three - leaved ; petals three ; filaments equal , with jointed hairs ; cap- sule three - celled . There are nineteen species . TRAGACANTH . See GUM . TRAGEDY , a drama which represents some grand and serious action , and ...
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... racter : calyx three - leaved ; petals three , calyx form ; style none ; capsule opening at the base . There are three species . TRIGONELLA , in botany , fenu greek , a genus of the Diadelphia Decandria class and order . Natural order ...
... racter : calyx three - leaved ; petals three , calyx form ; style none ; capsule opening at the base . There are three species . TRIGONELLA , in botany , fenu greek , a genus of the Diadelphia Decandria class and order . Natural order ...
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... racter of being " slow in motion , of a soft substance , extremely tenacious of life , capable of reproducing such parts of their body as may have been taken away or destroyed , and inhabiting moist places . " There are five orders in ...
... racter of being " slow in motion , of a soft substance , extremely tenacious of life , capable of reproducing such parts of their body as may have been taken away or destroyed , and inhabiting moist places . " There are five orders in ...
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