10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NICTITANT»
Discover the use of
nictitant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
nictitant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory: ...
The nictitant membrane, e f g, is drawn over two-thirds of the eye. It is seen to
advance backwards in an oblique manner, with a semicircular edge, and having
at its lower part a very slender tendon, which passes over the edge of the eyeball,
...
William MacGillivray, 1852
2
On the Anatomy of Vertebrates ...: Fishes and reptiles
226, the upper, e, and lower, b, eyelids are severed at the outer canthus, and
drawn apart to show the third or nictitant eyelid, h, and the extent of the
conjunctiva. Of this membrane e is the free surface of the part which lines the
ordinary evelids ...
3
List of the Specimens of Fish in the Collection of the ...
Dept. of Zoology, John Edward Gray. ** Anal distinct; nictitant membrane distinct ;
hinder gill-slit over the pectorals ; sccond dorsal opposite the anal ; dorsal
unarmed. 7. Squalini. — Teeth compresscd, triangular, acute; spiracles none, or
small.
British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology, John Edward Gray, 1851
4
The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation
The reniform of paludit is always more narrow, owing to the absence of the
outside line on the inner edge of the reniform, which is present in that of nictitant ;
it is also less strongly marked, and always white or orange, never red." Tutt deals
with ...
James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr, 1935
5
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Ouos'rssrruorml. BB. Branchial aperture behind above pectoral. 7. Gaudal
exceedingly long. Eyes without nictitant membrane.................. ALOPECOIDE. yy.
Gaudal moderately elongated. Eyes with nictitant membrane. Head laterally
produced.
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1864
6
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences
Caudal exceedingly long. Eyes without nictitant membrane ALOPICOID.B. yy.
Caudal moderately elongated. Eyeswith nictitant membrane. Head laterally
produced Cistraciomtoidx . Head normally formed Galeoerimoida. A A. Anal fin
obsolete.
Academy of Natural Sciences (Philadelphia, Pa.), 1864
7
A general system of nature through the three grand kingdoms ...
ForMeet/i upper 6, hollowed within, alternate; lower 6, lateral 2 longer, lobed;
secondary at the base interior: ter/Its solitary: grinders 5-6, the first approaching
the tuiks: tongue smooth: eyes with a nictitant membrane: snout prominent: penis
...
8
The Visitor: Or, Monthly Instructor
The eyes are lar^e, full, and black, having a nictitant membrane for their
protection against the light of the sun ; and their expression adds an uncommon
degree of malignant ferocity to the general aspect of the countenance. The body
is stout ...
9
Upside Down World: Early European Impressions of Australia's ...
Eyes large and full, black, with a nictitant membrane, which gives the animal a
savage and malicious appearance. Tail much compressed ... it appeared
exceedingly inactive and stupid; having, like the owl, an almost continual motion
with the ...
10
Visitor: Or Monthly Instructor
The eyes are large, full, and black, having a nictitant membrane for their
protection against the light of the sun ; and their expression -adds an uncommon
degree of malignant ferocity to the general aspect of the countenance. The body
is stout ...
