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... bivalves ; which being too ftupid to perceive the approach of their prey , were warned of it by their vigilant friend . Oppian tells the fable prettily * . Οσρακον αν βυζίας , & c . In clouded deeps below the Pinna hides , And thro ...
... bivalves ; which being too ftupid to perceive the approach of their prey , were warned of it by their vigilant friend . Oppian tells the fable prettily * . Οσρακον αν βυζίας , & c . In clouded deeps below the Pinna hides , And thro ...
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... Bivalve , with ftrong hinges , found in the Mediterranean fea . Not the griftly part of oysters , as Doctor Arbuthnot conjectures . Patina Oftrearum . Perhaps ftewed oysters . Pelorides . Balani nigri et albi ; two kinds of Lepades ...
... Bivalve , with ftrong hinges , found in the Mediterranean fea . Not the griftly part of oysters , as Doctor Arbuthnot conjectures . Patina Oftrearum . Perhaps ftewed oysters . Pelorides . Balani nigri et albi ; two kinds of Lepades ...
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... bivalve , opening wide at each - end , with feveral leffer fhells at the hinge . The hinges folded back , united with a cartilage . An incurvated tooth in the inside beneath the hinge . PH . Lin . Syft . 1110 . Faun . Suec . No. 2124 ...
... bivalve , opening wide at each - end , with feveral leffer fhells at the hinge . The hinges folded back , united with a cartilage . An incurvated tooth in the inside beneath the hinge . PH . Lin . Syft . 1110 . Faun . Suec . No. 2124 ...
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... and appear as if nicely turned with some inftrument . Tab . xl . fig . 13 . * Pliny , lib . ix . c . 61. Armstrong's Hift . Minorca , 173 . K DIV . II . MYA . GAPER . DIV . II . BIVALVE SHELLS CLASS VI . $ H 65 HELL E LLS.
... and appear as if nicely turned with some inftrument . Tab . xl . fig . 13 . * Pliny , lib . ix . c . 61. Armstrong's Hift . Minorca , 173 . K DIV . II . MYA . GAPER . DIV . II . BIVALVE SHELLS CLASS VI . $ H 65 HELL E LLS.
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Thomas Pennant. MYA . GAPER . DIV . II . BIVALVE SHELLS . IV . Its animal an ASCIDIA . A bivalve shell gaping at one end .. The hinge , for the most part , furnished with a thick , strong , and broad tooth , not inferted into the ...
Thomas Pennant. MYA . GAPER . DIV . II . BIVALVE SHELLS . IV . Its animal an ASCIDIA . A bivalve shell gaping at one end .. The hinge , for the most part , furnished with a thick , strong , and broad tooth , not inferted into the ...
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alſo Angl Anglefea animal a SLUG animal a TETHYS antients aperture Ariftotle Athenæus Bafter beneath Bivalve body BORLASE's Cornwall breadth brittle brown Cancer caudal fin CHITON claws coafts Cochlea color Conch convex defcribes depreffed epidermis fame fand Faun fays ferrated fhell fhores fhort fide firſt fiſh five fpires fize flender flightly fmall fnout fome fometimes fpecies fpines fpires ftriæ ftriated fubulated fummer furniſhed genus gloffy Gualtieri Hift hinge hirfute inches long Inhabits the fea laft laſt leffer legs Length LEPAS Lift Linckii Linnæus Lobſters marked moft moſt mouth muffels MULTIVALVE Nereis numbers oblong oval ovated oysters Patella pearls Pinna Pliny PORTLAND cabinet purple rays ribs rocks Rondel round ſhell ſhores ſhort ſmall ſmooth ſpace ſpecies ſpines ſpirally ſpires ſpot ſtrong Suec Syft tail tentacula TETHYS Theſe thick thofe thorax thoſe tooth tranfverfely tuberculated uſed ventricofe Weymouth