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... called glis is not well known to natu- ralists . Animals in this class have fore - teeth in each jaw , but no tusks . From μve to be shut up , to be silent . This word answers to the Latin glis . Animals of flight have their ears turned ...
... called glis is not well known to natu- ralists . Animals in this class have fore - teeth in each jaw , but no tusks . From μve to be shut up , to be silent . This word answers to the Latin glis . Animals of flight have their ears turned ...
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... called σεισουρα • From σειω and from σw to shake , and ουρα the tail . The Nightingale takes its name from night , and the Saxon word galan to sing . 3 Also αηδώ , οος , ους ; and αηδινειευς , εως . 3 The martin builds under eaves of ...
... called σεισουρα • From σειω and from σw to shake , and ουρα the tail . The Nightingale takes its name from night , and the Saxon word galan to sing . 3 Also αηδώ , οος , ους ; and αηδινειευς , εως . 3 The martin builds under eaves of ...
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... called the filament ; the other thicker , placed at the top of the filament , called anthera or anther , a kind of box which opens when ripe , and throws out a small yellow dust , called pollen or farina . The pointal or pistil is ...
... called the filament ; the other thicker , placed at the top of the filament , called anthera or anther , a kind of box which opens when ripe , and throws out a small yellow dust , called pollen or farina . The pointal or pistil is ...
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... called cytisus , very much recommended by Aristomachus , the Athenian , as food for sheep , and when dry , for swine also . " He adds , that " quadrupeds fatten very much by a moderate quantity , and labouring cattle fed upon it de ...
... called cytisus , very much recommended by Aristomachus , the Athenian , as food for sheep , and when dry , for swine also . " He adds , that " quadrupeds fatten very much by a moderate quantity , and labouring cattle fed upon it de ...
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... called συκαμινος . The ancients used frequently to make their boats of this wood . Hence Spuades , Dryads or Druids . Derw is also British for an oak , and Derwydd is the term for a Druid in the same language . It is very probable ...
... called συκαμινος . The ancients used frequently to make their boats of this wood . Hence Spuades , Dryads or Druids . Derw is also British for an oak , and Derwydd is the term for a Druid in the same language . It is very probable ...
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Page 34 - ... the pericarpium or seed-vessel, the seed or fruit, and the receptaculum receptacle or base. The calyx is that outer part of the flower, formed of one or more greenish leaves, sustaining the corolla at the bottom. The stamina or chives are composed of two parts, one long and thin, by which they are...
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Page 34 - The stamina or chives are composed of two parts, one long and thin, by which they are fastened to the bottom of the corolla, called the filament ; the other thicker, placed at the top of the filament, called anthera or anther, a kind of box which opens when ripe, and throws out a small yellow dust, called pollen or farina.