Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 8, Part 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... genus of fishes belong- ing to the order of thoracici . They have two holes between the eyes , four rays in the membrane of the gills , and the belly - fins are united in an oval form . There are eight fpecies , principally ...
... genus of fishes belong- ing to the order of thoracici . They have two holes between the eyes , four rays in the membrane of the gills , and the belly - fins are united in an oval form . There are eight fpecies , principally ...
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... genus of the digynia order , belonging to the tetrandria clafs of plants . The corolla is campanulated , quadrifid above ; there is no calyx ; the berry is bilocular . GOMPHOSIS , in anatomy , that kind of articula- tion by which the ...
... genus of the digynia order , belonging to the tetrandria clafs of plants . The corolla is campanulated , quadrifid above ; there is no calyx ; the berry is bilocular . GOMPHOSIS , in anatomy , that kind of articula- tion by which the ...
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... genus of infects belonging to the clafs of vermes inteflina . There are feveral fpecies , 1. The aquaticus , or water hair - worm , is 10 or 12 inches in length , and of about the thicknefs of a horse hair : its skin is fmooth and ...
... genus of infects belonging to the clafs of vermes inteflina . There are feveral fpecies , 1. The aquaticus , or water hair - worm , is 10 or 12 inches in length , and of about the thicknefs of a horse hair : its skin is fmooth and ...
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... genus of the polyan- dria order , belonging to the monadelphia clafs of plants . The calyx is fimple ; the ftyle five - cornered , with the ftigma quinquefid ; the capfule quinquelocular ; the feeds two - fold with a leafy wing . This ...
... genus of the polyan- dria order , belonging to the monadelphia clafs of plants . The calyx is fimple ; the ftyle five - cornered , with the ftigma quinquefid ; the capfule quinquelocular ; the feeds two - fold with a leafy wing . This ...
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... genus of the poly- gamia fruftanea order , belonging to the fyngenefia clafs of plants ; and in the natural method ranking under the 49th order , Compofita . The receptacle is naked ; the pappus woolly ; the florets of the radius ...
... genus of the poly- gamia fruftanea order , belonging to the fyngenefia clafs of plants ; and in the natural method ranking under the 49th order , Compofita . The receptacle is naked ; the pappus woolly ; the florets of the radius ...
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