A class of reptiles belonging to the same order as the turtles, but differing from them mainly in that…
A machine for producing printed characters as a substitute for writing, and now employed very extensively…
The common name of animals belonging to the order cetacea, with which are included the porpoise and…
The peoples of South Africa and neighbouring Botswana and Namibia, who live in the Kalahari, are part…
Large colorful New World parrots. They are the largest birds in the parrot family in length and wingspan.
Aquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia.
The platypus is a small, half-aquatic mammal endemic to the eastern part of Australia, and one of the…
Small, swimming, decapod crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world…
A political cartoon describing civilian answers to the new war cry. This cartoon title is "Do Your Bit."…
A political cartoon describing civilian answers to the new war cry during World War I. This cartoon…
A political cartoon describing civilian answers to the new war cry during World War I. This cartoon…
A political cartoon describing civilian answers to the new war cry during World War I. This cartoon…
This illustration shows a worm. Worms have an elongated soft-body. The most famous is the earthworm,…
Amphipoda include over 7000 described species of small, shrimp-like crustaceans. Most amphipods are…
A May fly. So called because however long they may live in the larva state, in their perfect form they…
The Parthenon is the best-known surviving building of Ancient Greece and is regarded as one of the world's…
A covering for the feet, consisting of soles so attached as to leave the upper part of the feet bare.…
The launcher of women's political advocacy. She was considered to be the first major American women's…
This is the earliest representation which we have of the natives of the New World, showing such as were…
Martin Behaim (1459-1507), also known as Martin von Behaim and by various forms of Martin of Bohemia…
"A long-winged water-bird with webbed feet, inhabiting all parts of the world. The group to which gulls…
"A long-winged water-bird with webbed feet, inhabiting all parts of the world. The group to which gulls…
"A long-winged water-bird with webbed feet, inhabiting all parts of the world. The group to which gulls…
"A long-winged water-bird with webbed feet, inhabiting all parts of the world. The group to which gulls…
"A long-winged water-bird with webbed feet, inhabiting all parts of the world. The group to which gulls…
"A species of the genus Ilex, which contains about 175 species distributed throughout the world. They…
"A species of Hawk-moth or lepidopterous insect of the family Sphingidae, not uncommon in some parts…
"A genus of insects, the type of a very numerous family, which forms the order Parasita or Auoplura.…
"The Chinese lower orders live much in tents. They are ordinarily of matting. These people are clever…
A plant found throught the tropical regions of the world. It consists of thin leafless stems.
Papilio Machaon, also known as the Old World Swallowtail. A yellow butterfly with black wings and a…
"Nocturnal moths, with the organs of the mouth in many cases so atrophied as to be unfit for use. These…
"Nocturnal moths, with the organs of the mouth in many cases so atrophied as to be unfit for use. These…
"Nocturnal moths, with the organs of the mouth in many cases so atrophied as to be unfit for use. These…
"Nocturnal moths, with the organs of the mouth in many cases so atrophied as to be unfit for use. These…
A rodent that live sunderground on prairies. They are about a foot long, very stout, squat, paunchy…
A small crustacean about 3 to 4 inches in length and marketed in vast numbers. Ate throughout the world.
Dytiscus Harminieri, a genus of predatory, diving beetles that usually live in wetlands and ponds.
Dytiscus Harminieri, a genus of predatory, diving beetles that usually live in wetlands and ponds.
A head dress for women, derived from the East, and adopted in Spain in the thirteenth century.
A shawl or long scarf worn by Mexican and other Spanish American Women, covering the head and shoulders,…
"A genus of plans of the natural order Leguminosae, sub-order Papilionaceae. The pod is more or less…
"A genus of plants of the natural order Labiatae. The species are all natives of the tropics, or of…
"A genus of plants of the natural order ranuculaceae having four colored sepals, no corolla, and fruit…
"A small procumbent shrub, of the natural order Empetraceae, a native of the northern parts of the world,…
"An apparatus at one time in use in Britain for the punishment of wives. The ducking-stool grew out…