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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Page 24
... larvæ or tadpoles are hatched . The tadpole , as in several other species , is fur- nished with a kind of small tubular sucker beneath the lower jaw , by means of which it hangs at plea sure to the under surface of aquatic plants . The ...
... larvæ or tadpoles are hatched . The tadpole , as in several other species , is fur- nished with a kind of small tubular sucker beneath the lower jaw , by means of which it hangs at plea sure to the under surface of aquatic plants . The ...
Page 39
... larvæ or tadpoles lying in a glo- bular form . These break from their confinement in about a fortnight , and afterwards undergo changes very similar to the tadpoles of the frog . They be- come complete about the beginning of autumn ...
... larvæ or tadpoles lying in a glo- bular form . These break from their confinement in about a fortnight , and afterwards undergo changes very similar to the tadpoles of the frog . They be- come complete about the beginning of autumn ...
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... larva Most of them are produced from eggs ex- ternally , but some are brought forth alive . In this genus are found nearly the largest and the smallest animals in the creation . state . * Anderson's Recreations , ii . 32. - Shaw's Gen ...
... larva Most of them are produced from eggs ex- ternally , but some are brought forth alive . In this genus are found nearly the largest and the smallest animals in the creation . state . * Anderson's Recreations , ii . 32. - Shaw's Gen ...
Page 73
... larvæ are furnished with fins on each side of the breast , which fall off when the animals attain a perfect state . * Paper of Mr. Baker in Phil . Tran . vol . xliv . p . 529 . Townson's Tracts , p . 113 . THE SERPENTS * . THERE is much ...
... larvæ are furnished with fins on each side of the breast , which fall off when the animals attain a perfect state . * Paper of Mr. Baker in Phil . Tran . vol . xliv . p . 529 . Townson's Tracts , p . 113 . THE SERPENTS * . THERE is much ...
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... larva , grubs , or caterpillars . These consist of a long body , covered with a soft tender skin , divided into segments or rings , which are capable of 6 INSECTS . 219 bring their young to perfection. In place of these...
... larva , grubs , or caterpillars . These consist of a long body , covered with a soft tender skin , divided into segments or rings , which are capable of 6 INSECTS . 219 bring their young to perfection. In place of these...
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