Animal Biography, Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners, and Economy, of the Animal Creation: Arranged According to the System of LinnaeusR. Phillips, 1805 |
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... become reanimated , change their skin , and appear abroad in a new coat . Many of them cast their skins frequently in the year : those Rep- tiles , however , that have an osseous covering , as the Tortoises , never change it . } The ...
... become reanimated , change their skin , and appear abroad in a new coat . Many of them cast their skins frequently in the year : those Rep- tiles , however , that have an osseous covering , as the Tortoises , never change it . } The ...
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... become extremely painful , and probably dangerous to him . He therefore spent the more sultry hours under the umbrella of a large cabbage leaf , or amidst the waving forests of an as- paragus bed . But , as he endeavoured to avoid the ...
... become extremely painful , and probably dangerous to him . He therefore spent the more sultry hours under the umbrella of a large cabbage leaf , or amidst the waving forests of an as- paragus bed . But , as he endeavoured to avoid the ...
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... become protruded . In this imperfect state , the animals have also a sort of gills or subsidiary lungs ; and several of them a small tube on the lower lip , by means of which they can fix themselves to bodies to eat , or perform other ...
... become protruded . In this imperfect state , the animals have also a sort of gills or subsidiary lungs ; and several of them a small tube on the lower lip , by means of which they can fix themselves to bodies to eat , or perform other ...
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... become quite torpid . When taken out and placed on their backs , they are always sensible of the change , and have strength enough to turn themselves . They get together in heaps , one upon Shaw's Gen. Zool . iii . 103 . another ...
... become quite torpid . When taken out and placed on their backs , they are always sensible of the change , and have strength enough to turn themselves . They get together in heaps , one upon Shaw's Gen. Zool . iii . 103 . another ...
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... become perfected about the beginning of August , and they soon afterwards begin to ascend the adjacent trees . During their residence in the trees , these frogs are particularly noisy in the evenings on the approach of rain . They are ...
... become perfected about the beginning of August , and they soon afterwards begin to ascend the adjacent trees . During their residence in the trees , these frogs are particularly noisy in the evenings on the approach of rain . They are ...
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abdomen afterwards animal animalcules antennæ appear become bees Beetle belly body bottom Brit caterpillars cells chrysalis claws colour common covered creature deposit devour distance dorsal fin earth eggs elytra extremely eyes feed feelers feet female fins fish flies four frequently Frog furnished ground grubs half hatched head holes inch in length inhabitants insects jaws kind labour larva larvæ leaves legs Linn Linnæan Linnæus live male manner Mole Crickets months motion mouth nearly nest observed Oppian oviparous pectoral fins Phil plants prey proboscis produced propolis quadrupeds resemblance rivers says seems seen seize shell side skin snails snake sometimes soon spawn species spiders substance surface Surinam swallow tail teeth thick thorax threads tion torpid Tran trees tribe tube vessels viviparous Wasps weather whole wings winter worms young Zool