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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... fish , which their strong beak enables them to break from the rocks . But their voracity , it is said , even leads them to attack young Crocodiles , which they often mutilate of their limbs or tail . We are informed that , for this ...
... fish , which their strong beak enables them to break from the rocks . But their voracity , it is said , even leads them to attack young Crocodiles , which they often mutilate of their limbs or tail . We are informed that , for this ...
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... fish are put , they immediately come to the surface and gasp for air . - Distilled water is to fish what the vacuum formed by an air - pump is to most other animals . - This is the reason why in winter , when a fish - pond is entirely ...
... fish are put , they immediately come to the surface and gasp for air . - Distilled water is to fish what the vacuum formed by an air - pump is to most other animals . - This is the reason why in winter , when a fish - pond is entirely ...
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... fish turns the end obliquely to the water , and moves it through it in that position . The water re - acts obliquely against the tail , and moves him partly forward , and partly laterally . The lateral motion is corrected by the next ...
... fish turns the end obliquely to the water , and moves it through it in that position . The water re - acts obliquely against the tail , and moves him partly forward , and partly laterally . The lateral motion is corrected by the next ...
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... fish it is single , and in others double ; but in the latter case the two parts communicate by a small canal . The air appears to be conveyed into it from the blood , by means of ves- sels appropriated to the purpose , and it can be dis ...
... fish it is single , and in others double ; but in the latter case the two parts communicate by a small canal . The air appears to be conveyed into it from the blood , by means of ves- sels appropriated to the purpose , and it can be dis ...
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... fishes possessing the sense of smelling . The bones are formed of a kind of intermediate substance , between true ... fish , as the Rays , have no ribs ; and others , as the Eel and Sturgeon , have very short ones . Between the ...
... fishes possessing the sense of smelling . The bones are formed of a kind of intermediate substance , between true ... fish , as the Rays , have no ribs ; and others , as the Eel and Sturgeon , have very short ones . Between the ...
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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