10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ORNITHIC»
Discover the use of
ornithic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
ornithic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ichnographs from the Sandstone of Connecticut River
But a still more decisive circumstance lies in the discovery of ornithic footprints
and reptilian footprints combined ; that is to say, the posterior feet were ornithic,
and the anterior reptilian. This extraordinary combination is the first fact that has ...
James Deane, Henry Ingersoll Bowditch, 1861
Hence, though suggestions as to their reptilian character are abundant, we shall
wait for proof that some distinct reptilian feature is joined to the ornithic, before
allowing that the Jirontozoum, or Grallator^ were not true birds. But the next
group ...
3
Petrifactions and their teachings, or A hand-book to the ...
United States were deposited ; but, unfortunately, notwithstanding the
preponderance of the evidence in favour of the ornithic origin of these mysterious
imprints on the rocks, the only certain proofs — remains of the skeleton — are still
wanting ...
Gideon Algernon Mantell, 1851
4
Water Civilization: From Yangtze to Khmer Civilizations
Yasuda (2002d) also have pointed out that sun worship and ornithic worship also
were extremely important to rice-cultivating societies in the Yangtze River
Civilization. They believed that the sun was carried by two birds (Fig. 1.17).
Japanese ...
5
The Great Dinosaur Controversy: A Guide to the Debates
As in the latter class, the femur is shorter than the tibia—a circumstance in which
Compsognathus is more ornithic than the ordinary Dinosauria. The proximal
division of the tarsus is ankylosed with the tibia, as in birds.In the foot the distal ...
6
World Reference Base for Soil Resources 2006: A Framework ...
base. for. soil. resources. 2006. Folic Anthric Histic Albic Technic Brunic Leptic
Ornithic Vitric Thionic Andic Glossic Endogleyic Humic Ferralic Alumic Stagnic
Hyperdystric Mollic Endoeutric Cambic Pachic Haplic Turbic Gelic Oxyaquic
Greyic ...
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Transactions of the Zoological Society of London
That most important bone, the "os quadratum," is thoroughly Reptilian in the
Tinamou (as in the Ostriches), almost single-headed in the Fowls and Grouse,
and well-nigh typically ornithic in the Mound-makers, Curassows, Hemipods, and
...
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The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Zoology, Botany, ...
_ Obs.—The close adherence to the ornithic type of the muscular system of the
anterior extremity in the Apter]/-1' is very remarkable, especially as regards the
position and course of the pectoralis medius, since the physiological conditions
of ...
9
The Cambridge Companion to the 'Origin of Species'
In Huxley's words: It can hardly be doubted that a lithographic slate of Triassic
age would yield birds so much more reptilian than Archaeopteryx, and reptiles so
much more ornithic [bird-like] than Compsognathus, as to obliterate completely
the ...
Michael Ruse, Robert J. Richards, 2009
10
O Freedom!: Afro-American Emancipation Celebrations
Afro-American Emancipation Celebrations William H. Wiggins, Jr. This poetic
expression of racial frustration and social inertia is not new to Afro-Americans.
Two ornithic metaphors for oppressed hope have long been popular. First, the
image ...
William H. Wiggins, Jr., 1990
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ORNITHIC»
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ornithic is used in the context of the following news items.
Manhattan to Montauk: A lighthouse to lighthouse quest
The first bridge greets you with tourist hotels; the second bridge with palatial estates; the third bridge with ornithic rich marshes; the fourth ... «Poughkeepsie Journal, Jul 15»
State wide: FD sleuths out the chic across Texas
Switch cultural gears and get this on your ornithic radar. Quinta Mazatlan, the McAllen wing of the World Birding Center headquartered in ... «Dallas Morning News, Feb 12»
Huxley's Apocryphal Dinosaur Dinner
... it to be not only an ilium, but an ilium which, though peculiar in its form and proportions, was eminently ornithic in its chief peculiarities. «Smithsonian, Dec 11»
