10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLINDWORM»
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blindworm in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Popular Natural History
THE BLINDWORM. 497 well-developed eyes, unless they are gifted with the
means of attracting their prey within reach, as is the case with some well-known
fishes, or chase it by the senses of hearing and touch, as is done by the mole.
2
Our Garden Friends and Foes
In reality, the Blindworm is not only pacific as a dove and harmless as a butterfly,
but it lacks the power of injury, even if it were viciously inclined. It has no fangs
through which a poisonous secretion can be injected into a wound, and the teeth
...
3
Young Folks' Treasury ...
THE BLINDWORM Two or three small kinds are to be found in the south of
England, one of which is curious as representing a tribe, largely represented in
other parts of the world, of legless burrowing lizards, which look much like little
snakes, ...
Hamilton Wright Mabie, Edward Everett Hale (Sr.), Theodore Wood, 1909
4
The Journal of Infectious Diseases: Official Publication of ...
blindworm bacilli and bacillus of timothy hay. Of serums from 100 cases of proved
tuberculosis, 30 reacted positively with the tubercle bacillus. Of these, 19 were
tested with the 3 other antigens and 13 reacted positively with urine bacilli, 4 with
...
5
Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club
The last of the British serpents (so called) is the Blindworm or Slowworm (Anguia
Fragilia). Although the term Aiujuis is still retained, the Blindworm is now
considered to belong to the great order Lacertinuxe, that is the Saurian or Lizard
tribe ...
Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club, Hereford, England, 1869
I placed some fresh water in the cage, and just at that instant the snake threw
itself with irresistible force upon the blindworm, fixed its teeth into its head, and,
flinging fold after fold of its body round its victim, held it in a vice-like grip, exactly
after ...
Edward Newman, James Edmund Harting, William Lucas Distant, 1869
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TRANSACTIONS OF THE WOOLHOPE NATURALISTS FIELD CLUB
The last of the British serpents (so called) is the Blindworm or Slowworm (Anguia
Fragilis). Although the term Anguia is still retained, the Blindworm is now
considered to belong to the great order Lacertinid.e, that is the Saurian or Lizard
tribe ...
8
The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Difussion of ...
The former English zoologist remarks that the group to which the genus Anguis
belongs (meaning of course as it is at present confined, namely, to the single
species known vulgarly as the Blindworm, for the Linnean genus Anguis had a
much ...
9
Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ...
The former English zoologist remarks that the group to which the genus Anguis
belongs (meaning of course as it is at present confined, namely, to the single
species known vulgarly as the Blindworm, for the Linnean genus Anguis had a
much ...
10
The penny cyclopædia [ed. by G. Long].
The former English zoologist remarks that the group to which the genus Anguis
belongs (meaning of course as it is at present confined, namely, to tho single
species known vulgarly as the Blindworm, for the Linnean genus Anguis had a
much ...
Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge, George Long, 1840
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLINDWORM»
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Back to the Jurassic
And so the lab combines tongue of dog, wool of bat, blindworm's sting and several other proprietary ingredients to make a wholly invented ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
As Dilma Calls for Peace, Right Calls for 'Captain America'
As the wise saying goes, “If the adder could hear, and the blindworm could see, neither man nor beast could ever go free.” Can you imagine if ... «Worldmeets.us, Oct 14»
'Origins' takes a long time getting underway
His new lab assistant, Karen (Brit Marling), wants to try something more radical: to take a sightless blindworm and, by altering generations a bit ... «Charlotte Observer, Jul 14»
Travel: Eye of newt, toe of frog? Folk remedies...
... recipe over a boiling cauldron: "Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blindworm's sting, Lizard's leg, ... «Waterloo Record, Oct 13»
Springs man produces guitars that are things of art, but play 'like a …
To be perfectly honest, Blindworm Guitars doesn't look like a place to buy much of anything. With a concrete floor, Muzak from a tinny radio and ... «Colorado Springs Gazette, Dec 10»
San Francisco Happy Meal Ban Hailed as Groundbreaking -- In …
Adder's fork and blindworm's sting, Lizard's leg and howlet's wing. For a Happy Meal of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. «SF Weekly, Nov 10»
Scientists report discovery of lungless frog in Borneo that breathes …
... rare, previously known only from amphibians — two families of salamanders and a single species of caecilian [blindworm],” they wrote. «Taipei Times, Apr 08»
