A class of small insects or beetles found commonly on plants and trees. They are noted for their various…
"These monsters were represented as men from the head to the loins, while the remainder of the body…
"The griffin is a monster with the body of a lion, the head and wings of an eagle, and back covered…
"Chief veins and arteries of the body. a, place of the heart; the veins are in black. On the right side…
"The lymph vessels of the body. rc, the thoracic duct; lac, the lacteals taking the lymph and fatty…
A rodent quadruped found in the northern parts of America and Eurasia, particularly in Norway and Sweden.…
A class of mammals allied to the monkey, and found mainly in Africa, southern Asia, and the Philippines.…
Leopards range in size from 1 to almost 2 metres long, and weigh between 30 and 70 kg. Most leopards…
A species of sea-fish found in the northern seas as far north as Iceland. It is allied to the cod family.…
The popular name of an order of reptiles having four well developed limbs, each terminated by five toes…
A beautiful bird classed with the crow family, but differing from the common crow in having a smaller…
An insectivorous animal having a barrel-shaped body, very broad fore feet adapted for digging, and burrows…
A sub-kingdom of animals embracing a division of the invertebrates. It includes especially those having…
A side view of the two great cavities of the body and their organs. 1: The mouth. 2: The thorax. 3:…
The position of the organs of the mouth, thorax, and abdomen. 1, 2, and 3: Salivary glands. 4: The larynx…
The mouth and neck laid open. 1: The teeth. 3 and 4: Upper and lower jaws. 5: The tongue. 7: Parotid…
Also known as the fish, twin fish and Feraghan designs. Better known as the Herati. It originated in…
Also known as the fish, twin fish and Feraghan designs. Better known as the Herati. It originated in…
Also known as the fish, twin fish and Feraghan designs. Better known as the Herati. It originated in…
Also known as the fish, twin fish and Feraghan designs. Better known as the Herati. It originated in…
Also known as the fish, twin fish and Feraghan designs. Better known as the Herati. It originated in…
Also known as the fish, twin fish and Feraghan designs. Better known as the Herati. It originated in…
Chinese, viciousness, poison. In India it is believed that if a scorpion creeps over the body it causes…
A genus of grasses including about sixty species, valuable alike for the production of hay and for their…
A genus of fishes beloning to the cephalopod group, and also known as cuttlefishes. They have a warty,…
A genus of birds of the grouse family, including a number of widely different species of game birs,…
A genus of webfooted birds native to the southern hemisphere. They have short wings useless in flight,…
"The proportions of the human figure. As handed down to us by Vitruvius and described by Joseph Bonomi."…
A genus of fishes found in the freshwater bodies of America and Eurasia. Most species have a long body…
"The column was originally surmounted by a colossal statue of Trajan (replaced in the seventh century…
A class of animals allied to the newts, which closely resemble the lizards. Many species have been described.…
A genus of fish of the herring family, but differing from the herrings proper in having a longer and…
An extensive genus of fishes of the ray family, found widely distributed in the ocean, but most abundantly…
A genus of mammals belonging to the bear family. They are native to Central and South America. These…
An extensive division of insects, which includes the scorpions and mites. The spiders differ from most…
A class of marine animals, which have a star-like body composed of a central disc extended into five…
A species of wading birds. It is so called because its legs, in proportion to the size of the body,…
A genus of marine fishes of the diodon family. They are so called from the compressed form of the body,…
A genus of tailless amphibians allied to the frogs, but differing from them in having a thicker and…
A genus of insects somewhat resembling bees, but differing fromm them in having a more powerful sting,…
A group of quadruped mammals of the northern hemisphere, which includes a number of widely diffused…
An Australian marsupial, which somewhat resembles a small bear in appearance. The legs are short and…
The name of several birds commonly classed in the same genus as the snipes, but having a more bulky…
A genus of birds belonging to the climbers, and so called from their habit of pecking into trees in…
It is approximately 10 mm long, with a bright yellow body and bold brown stripes across the length of…
A regular body with six square faces; a rectangular parallelopiped, having all its edges equal.
This is a diagram illustrating lungs or tracheae. b.c., the cavity in which the body fluids circulate;…
This illustration shows the arrangement of the nervous material in the anterior end of an Oligochete…