The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 3C. Whittingham, 1809 |
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... natural history , a genus of fishes of the order Abdominales . Gene- ric character : head smooth , edges of the jaws and palate rough , with teeth ; gill mem- brane with thirty rays , and armed on the outside in the middle with five ...
... natural history , a genus of fishes of the order Abdominales . Gene- ric character : head smooth , edges of the jaws and palate rough , with teeth ; gill mem- brane with thirty rays , and armed on the outside in the middle with five ...
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... natural temper , he made no progress in his school ; he therefore soon left it off , and , satisfied with a moderate competence left him by his parents , he de- voted himself to a studious retirement , which he thus closely pursued , in ...
... natural temper , he made no progress in his school ; he therefore soon left it off , and , satisfied with a moderate competence left him by his parents , he de- voted himself to a studious retirement , which he thus closely pursued , in ...
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... Natural order of Ericæ , Jussieu . Essential character : male , calyx three - parted ; corolla three - petalled ... natural history , a genus of in- sects of the order Diptera . Generic cha- racter : mouth with an inflected sucker and ...
... Natural order of Ericæ , Jussieu . Essential character : male , calyx three - parted ; corolla three - petalled ... natural history , a genus of in- sects of the order Diptera . Generic cha- racter : mouth with an inflected sucker and ...
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... natural temper , he made no progress in his school ; he therefore soon left it off , and , satisfied with a moderate competence left him by his parents , he de- voted himself to a studious retirement , which he thus closely pursued , in ...
... natural temper , he made no progress in his school ; he therefore soon left it off , and , satisfied with a moderate competence left him by his parents , he de- voted himself to a studious retirement , which he thus closely pursued , in ...
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... Natural order of Erica , Jussieu . Essential character : male , calyx three - parted ; corolla three - petalled ... natural history , a genus of in- sects of the order Diptera . Generic cha- racter : mouth with an inflected sucker and ...
... Natural order of Erica , Jussieu . Essential character : male , calyx three - parted ; corolla three - petalled ... natural history , a genus of in- sects of the order Diptera . Generic cha- racter : mouth with an inflected sucker and ...
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