Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory, and N. Bosworth assisted by other gentlemen of eminence, Volume 81813 |
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... tail wedged , feet gressorial . One species only , M. Brasiliensis , Brasilian motmot , affording two varieties . The one is ornamented with a bright green above , below with a more ob- scure shade of the same colour : size that of a ...
... tail wedged , feet gressorial . One species only , M. Brasiliensis , Brasilian motmot , affording two varieties . The one is ornamented with a bright green above , below with a more ob- scure shade of the same colour : size that of a ...
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... tail subulate and very long . habits India , and is the largest known in sometimes growing to four feet in length tail to snout . It is said to be generally fo in pairs , the male and female swimming gether . 2. M. apus . Shell oblong ...
... tail subulate and very long . habits India , and is the largest known in sometimes growing to four feet in length tail to snout . It is said to be generally fo in pairs , the male and female swimming gether . 2. M. apus . Shell oblong ...
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... tail hori- zontal . Its flesh and oil are considered as very purgative inhabits the main ocean , sel- dom approaching the shore . It has been very seldom taken alive , and must be ranked among the rarest of the whale or cete tribe ...
... tail hori- zontal . Its flesh and oil are considered as very purgative inhabits the main ocean , sel- dom approaching the shore . It has been very seldom taken alive , and must be ranked among the rarest of the whale or cete tribe ...
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... tail fin is shaped like a half - moon ( Grew ) . MOʻONLESS . a . ( from moon . ) Not en- lightened by the moon ( Dryden . ) MOONLIGHT s . ( moon and light . ) The light afforded by the moon ( Hooker ) . MOONLIGHT . a . Illuminated by ...
... tail fin is shaped like a half - moon ( Grew ) . MOʻONLESS . a . ( from moon . ) Not en- lightened by the moon ( Dryden . ) MOONLIGHT s . ( moon and light . ) The light afforded by the moon ( Hooker ) . MOONLIGHT . a . Illuminated by ...
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... Tail bifid , appendaged . Inhabits the Nile . 2. M. anguilloides . Tail bifid , obtuse ; dorsal fin with twenty - six rays . Inhabits the Nile . 3. M. kannuine . Tail bifid , obtuse ; dorsal fin with sixty - three rays : body whitish ...
... Tail bifid , appendaged . Inhabits the Nile . 2. M. anguilloides . Tail bifid , obtuse ; dorsal fin with twenty - six rays . Inhabits the Nile . 3. M. kannuine . Tail bifid , obtuse ; dorsal fin with sixty - three rays : body whitish ...
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