Spiders (order Araneae) are air-breathing chelicerate arthropods. Trapdoor spiders, of family Ctenizidae,…
A butterfly is an insect of the order Lepidoptera. Like all Lepidoptera, butterflies are notable for…
A butterfly is an insect of the order Lepidoptera. Like all Lepidoptera, butterflies are notable for…
A butterfly is an insect of the order Lepidoptera. Like all Lepidoptera, butterflies are notable for…
A butterfly is an insect of the order Lepidoptera. Like all Lepidoptera, butterflies are notable for…
The scale insects are small insects of the order Hemiptera, generally classified as the superfamily…
The scale insects are small insects of the order Hemiptera, generally classified as the superfamily…
The scale insects are small insects of the order Hemiptera, generally classified as the superfamily…
The scale insects are small insects of the order Hemiptera, generally classified as the superfamily…
The scale insects are small insects of the order Hemiptera, generally classified as the superfamily…
The scale insects are small insects of the order Hemiptera, generally classified as the superfamily…
The scale insects are small insects of the order Hemiptera, generally classified as the superfamily…
"GARTER. The insignia of the most noble order of the knights of the garter. It is formed of blue velvet…
"KNIGHTS-BANNERET. This ancient and honourable order has become extinct. It obtained the title of banneret…
"Glass-crab (larva of Palinurus). GLASS-CRAB. A crab of the spurious genus Phyllosoma, or of the spurious…
"A small two-winged fly, Culex pipiens, of the family Culicidae, suborder Nemocera, and order Diptera,…
"Fig. 19 - A partly pennaceous, partly plumulaceous feather, from Argus pheasant; after Nitzsch. ad,…
"Graminae. Flower of a Grass, the glumes are removed. GRAMINAE. In botany, the largest order among endogenous…
"Graminae. Flower of a Grass. GRAMINAE. In botany, the largest order among endogenous plants except…
"Lyle Life-saving Gun. LYLE GUN, a bronze life-saving gun, designed by Captain D. A. Lyle of the United…
Color flag of Brazil. Green with a large yellow diamond in the center bearing a blue celestial globe…
Black and white outline flag of Brazil. Green with a large yellow diamond in the center bearing a blue…
Color flag of Isle of Man. Red with the Three Legs of Man emblem (Trinacria), in the center; the three…
Black and white outline flag of Isle of Man. Red with the Three Legs of Man emblem (Trinacria), in the…
"Fig. 45.- Zygodactyle foot of a woodpecker, Hylotomus pileatus. The zygodactyle or yoke-toed modification…
Loki, the god of mischief, cut off all of Thor's wife, Sif's beautiful hair. In order to get something…
The prince of the Frost Giants steals Thor's hammer. The Frost Prince agrees to return it if he can…
"Barley, the name of several cereal plants of the genus Hordeum, order Gramineae (grasses), yielding…
"Bat, one of the group of wing-handed, flying mammals, having the fore-limb peculiarly modified so as…
The pug-nosed bat. "Bat, one of the group of wing-handed, flying mammals, having the fore-limb peculiarly…
The head of the chin leafed bat. "Bat, one of the group of wing-handed, flying mammals, having the fore-limb…
The head of the flower-nosed bat. "Bat, one of the group of wing-handed, flying mammals, having the…
A machicolation is a floor opening between the supporting corbels of a battlement, through which stones…
Lamniformes is an order of sharks, also known as mackerel sharks (which may also be used to refer to…
Ginkgo also known as the Maidenhair Tree after Adiantum, is a unique species of tree with no close living…
Electric catfish is the common name for the catfish (order Siluriformes) family Malapteruridae. This…
Mantis shrimp or stomatopods are marine crustaceans, the members of the order Stomatopoda. They are…
Mantodea or mantises is an order of insects which contains approximately 2,200 species in 9 families…
An illustration of a sugar-maple moth. A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being…
"Common Beet. Beet, a genus of plants, nat. order Chenopodiaceae, distinguished by its fruit being enclosed…
"Alder Buckthorn. Buckthorn, the name of an extensive genus of trees and shrubs, order Rhamnaceae."…
Mastodons or Mastodonts are members of the extinct genus Mammut of the order Proboscidea and form the…
This is a plan of the St Mark's, in Venice, Italy. Erected AD 929 to 1063. This is an example of Italian…
This is the plan of the Cathedral at Mainz, Germany. It is an example of Romanesque and Gothic architecture.…
This is a plan of the Cathedral at Würms, Germany. It is an example of Romanesque and Gothic architecture…
This is a plan of the St Paul's Cathedral in London, England. It is an example of English Renaissance…
"Fig. 52 shows the totipalmate foot of a pelican. The totipalmate is a special case of palmation, in…
"An expression of great massiveness is the main characteristics of this Florentine style, which was…
"Next in order are the productions of Jacopo Tatti, or Sansovino, who was born in 1479, and died in…
"Palladio, who became the special champion of this style of architecture, was born in Vicenza in 1518,…
"The purity of style, however, of the Genoese palaces is not so great as in the Roman, particularly…
"The purity of style, however, of the Genoese palaces is not so great as in the Roman, particularly…
The Musée du Louvre or officially the Grand Louvre — in English, the Louvre Museum or Great Louvre,…
The Musée du Louvre or officially the Grand Louvre — in English, the Louvre Museum or Great Louvre,…
In architecture the frieze is the wide central section part of an entablature and may be plain or—in…
In architecture the frieze is the wide central section part of an entablature and may be plain or—in…
Fire corals are colonial marine organisms that look rather like real coral. However they are technically…
The Parthenon is a temple of the Greek Goddess Athena, who was considered as the protector of the city…
The Norwich Castle was built in 1067 by the order of William the Conquerer, who was King of England…