Chive is an herb and part of the onion family. Chive is the common name of allium schoenoprasum.
A mule is a member of the horse family. A mule is a cross between a male donkey and a female horse,…
Betta pugnax, also known as the Fighting Fish (on account of its pugnacious habits), is a bony fish…
Found in Oueensland and other parts of Australia, this lizard belongs to the family Agamidae. It reaches…
The common European Cleg is a large, black/blue-black blood-sucking 'horsefly' of the family Tabanidae.…
Gall-fly is a name applied to the members of the family Cynipidae, which are not flies, but are related…
A gecko is a small, four-footed member of the lizard family Geckonidae. Geckos are widely distributed…
A grass of Parnassus is any member of the genus Parnassia, of the Saxifrage family, growing in damp…
The Great Crested Grebe (Lophæthyia cristata) is a fresh-water, migratory, diving bird of the family…
Guava (Psidium guayava) is a low-growing West Indian tree belonging to the family Myrtaceæ. It bears…
The Common Guillemot (Uria troile) is a member of the auk family. It breeds on all rocky coasts of the…
The Jumping Hare, also known as the Springhaas, is a large African jerboa (Pedetes caffer). In size,…
The land crab is a member of the family 'Gecarcinidae', and is remarkable for the curious modification…
The common skylark is a small bird of the passerine family Alaudidae. In all larks, the first toe has…
An African civet. They are small carnivores, belonging to the family Viverridae, closing resembling…
A great blue heron, commonly found in tropical areas like Florida. They belong to the order Grallatores,…
A horse drinking from a trough next to a well. An old woman is tending to the chickens and children.
Young and old sitting in a circle listening to stories. A younger woman holds a distaff. there is a…
A man sits with a small child on a gnarled wooden bench. A woman leans against a tree next to them.…
A man, an older woman, and two children walk past a fence at the edge of a wooded area.
An engraving by J. Jackson, Sr. of Sir Joshua Reynolds' painting, The Holy Family. Many, Joseph, and…
"And Noah builded an altar unto Jehovah, and took of every clean beast, and of every clean bird, and…
"And Jehovah spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, This month shall be unto you the…
"And the angel said to them: Peace be to you, fear not. For when I was with you, I was there by the…
"And Mathathias said: Woe is me, wherefore was I born to see the ruin of my people, and the ruin of…
Puffins are a bird genus of the auk family, characterized by the great development of the beak. In habits,…
"Now when they were departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise…
"And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands. So he blessed…
"Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother,…
"Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood before him; and he cried, Cause every…
"And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen; and he presented…
"And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime…
"And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I…
"And she went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on the…
Illustration of a young Daniel questioning one of the old men who accused Susanna of promiscuity. Daniel…
"Now when he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, there was carried out one that was dead, the…
"And when he had thus spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. He that was dead came…
Salsola kali. This plant is also called a Russian Thistle, Prickly Glasswort, Tumbleweed, and Glasswort.…
Pristis pectinatus. "1. An elasmobranchiate or selachian fish of the family Pristidae, having the snout…
Lepidopus caudatus. "1. A fish of the family Lepidopodidae, Lepidopus caudatus,of the Mediterranean…
Scytalopus magellanicus. "A genus of South American formicarioid passerine birds, of the family Pteroptochidae.…
Leptonychotes weddelli. "A spotted seal of the southern and antarctic seas, belonging to the family…
Pristis pectinatus. "1. An elasmobranchiate or selachian fish of the family Pristidae, having the snout…
This worm is also called a fan worm, plume worm or red tube worm. "A Linnean genus of worms, subsequently…
Tetrapturus albidus. Also called a billfish or spearfish, "the dorsal fin is low or moderately developed,…
"A genus compound radiolarians, typical of the family Sphaerozoidae, the protoplasm of which contains…
Chalybion caeruleum. "A family of fossorial hymenopters, or digger wasps. The prothorax is narrowed…
Arachnothera magna. Also called a spider-catcher, the Streaked Spiderhunter is "a bird that catches…
Inachus dorsettensis. "A spider-like crab, or sea-spider, with long slender legs and comparatively small…
"And he arose, and came to his father. But while he was yet afar off, his father saw him, and was moved…