10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JACULATOR»
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The Fishes of the Indo-australian Archipelago Vii
Toxotes jaculator (Pall.) (Fig. 53, D.). Toxotes jaculator de Castelnau, Proc. Zool.
Soc. Victoria 1873, p. Sciaena jaculatrix Pallas, Philos. Transact. London, LVI,
1766, p. 186. — Spicil. Zool. VIII, 1770, p. 41. Scarus Schlosseri Linne-Gmelin,
Syst ...
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Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review
An Account of a remarkable Fiji called the Jaculator. T^HE "Jaculator, or darting-
fisti, is an * inhabitant of the Indian sea, and derives his name from the
extraordinary and surprizing manner of obtaining his food. He is of the size of' a
carp, the ...
3
The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of ...
The whole plant, when old, has stalks 10 inches in length, procumbent by the
weight of the flowers, and making a sort of convex bush round about the root. XX f
. Some further Account of the Jaculator Fish, mentioned in the Phil. Trans, for
1764 ...
The whole plant, when old, has stalks 1O inches in length, procumbent by the .
weight of the flowers, and making a sort of convex bush round about the root. XXI.
Some further Account of the Jaculator Fish, mentioned in the Phil. Trans, for 1764
...
Royal Society (Great Britain), Charles Hutton, George Shaw,
1809
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THE MONTHLY REVIEW; OR, JOURNAL:
Mr. Hommel, in the next article, gives some further intelligence relating to the
Jaculator fish, together with the description of another species, by Dr. Pallas.- «
When the Jaculator fish, says Mr. Hommel, intends to catch a fly or any other
infect, ...
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal
Mr. Hommel, in the next article, gives some further intelligence relating to the
Jaculator fish, together with the description of another species, by Dr. Pallas. — '
When the Jaculator fifli, fays Mr. Hommel, intends to catch a fly or any other insect
, ...
Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths,
1767
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The Gentleman's Magazine
194, " Jaculator," qui acute quid t We are told by a literary friend, that the late Lord
Essex, of Cashiobury, was possessed of a letter which Francis wrote when young
, to some girl, or young lady, in Hertfordshire ; and which so resembled the ...
8
The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle
An account of the Jaculator, lult* from a concurrence of both, like or (bsooting fish
from Bata-via; by Dr other epidemic maladies of a conta- SMoffir of Amsterdam.
gious kind, which being less malig- D Tne Jaculator frequents the shore* rant ha
...
9
The Gentleman's Magazine (London, England)
Tbe yacnlator, a rare Fijh. — Of InseRs offering Fruit Trees. 9 An Account of a
remarkable Fijh called the Jaculator. 'T'HE Jaculator, or darting-fiso, is an
inhabitant of the Indian lea, and derives his name from the extraordinary, and
surprizing ...
10
The Edinburgh encyclopaedia, conducted by D. Brewster
Evanioes. Antennae its. Eva- KIA. Laevigata. Appcndi- gaster. Minuta. 686. F(E-
Jaculator. Inferior wings with very distinct nervures. with 13 or 14 joints. Genus
DXXV. Evania. Fabr. Oliv. Lam. Ju- rine, Panzer. Sphex. Linn. Ichneumon. De
Geer.
Edinburgh encyclopaedia, sir David Brewster,
1830
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