Hardwicke's Science-gossip: An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature, Volumen5Mordecai Cubitt Cooke, John Eller Taylor Robert Hardwicke, 1870 |
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Términos y frases comunes
Acineta anemone animal antennæ aphides appearance April beautiful bees birds blossoms body branches British Britten butterfly called carpels cells Cheyletus cocoon colour common correspondent Cranesbill creature crustaceans curious diatoms doubt eggs Entomologist feet female fish flowers fossil fungus garden genus Geophilus Geranium glass GOSSIP green hair head High Wycombe hive inch insect interesting James Britten known labellum Lamprey larva larvæ leaf leaves Lepidoptera Ligurian living London male microscope moth mounted mouth Natural History naturalists nearly nest never noticed number of SCIENCE-GOSSIP objects observed pair paper petals plant readers remarkable scales sea anemones season seed seen sepals shell Short-eared Owl side slide species specimens spots spring stamens statoblasts stem surface tentacles tion tree tube valve variety Watney wild wings wood worm yellow young zoophytes
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