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... properly signifies a constellation . Solar light is divisible into seven primitive rays , red , orange , yellow , green , blue , and violet . φως from φαω to shine : φως , φωτος , m , poeti cally signifies a man . Fire AIR Earth Water ...
... properly signifies a constellation . Solar light is divisible into seven primitive rays , red , orange , yellow , green , blue , and violet . φως from φαω to shine : φως , φωτος , m , poeti cally signifies a man . Fire AIR Earth Water ...
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... properly signifies a bird , chicken , or fowl . Order VI . Passeres , from passer a sparrow . ¶Пερepos is also used for the male , ( Eustat . ) in the same manner as the Latins use columbus . Hence περιστέριον a little pigeon , and ...
... properly signifies a bird , chicken , or fowl . Order VI . Passeres , from passer a sparrow . ¶Пερepos is also used for the male , ( Eustat . ) in the same manner as the Latins use columbus . Hence περιστέριον a little pigeon , and ...
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... properly signifies the neck or mane of beasts ; also a tuft or top , crest of a helmet , & c . The organ of smelling , in birds , is placed at the base of the beak . Ravens and other birds of prey have a very acute sense of smelling . 4 ...
... properly signifies the neck or mane of beasts ; also a tuft or top , crest of a helmet , & c . The organ of smelling , in birds , is placed at the base of the beak . Ravens and other birds of prey have a very acute sense of smelling . 4 ...
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... proper food for the caterpillars which issue from the eggs . The butterfly , for instance , that never feeds on cab- bage , instinctively lays her eggs in that vegetable , because it is appropriate nurture for the cater- pillar . This ...
... proper food for the caterpillars which issue from the eggs . The butterfly , for instance , that never feeds on cab- bage , instinctively lays her eggs in that vegetable , because it is appropriate nurture for the cater- pillar . This ...
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... properly signifies a mousc . + From Tepew to bore through . Order IV . Zoophyta , or animals efflorescing like vegetables . From Toλus many , and nous a foot . It also signifies a disease in the nose . the an- " The day and night ...
... properly signifies a mousc . + From Tepew to bore through . Order IV . Zoophyta , or animals efflorescing like vegetables . From Toλus many , and nous a foot . It also signifies a disease in the nose . the an- " The day and night ...
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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.