10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SABERLIKE»
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Taxonomy and Distribution of the Calanoid Copepod Family ...
Coxa of Mxp (Fig.60-h) with middle marginal spine developed into a long,
saberlike spine reaching to distal end of basis; anterior distal spine large and
stout and 2 posterior distal spines greatly reduced in size. Third exopodal
segment of P3 ...
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Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Vol. 1: Myxiniformes to ...
EVERMANNELLIDAE Sabertooth fishes Sabertooth fishes are moderately
elongate, moderately slender, and moderately compressed, with a saberlike
tooth in each palatine and abdominal pelvic fins. They are distinguished from the
other ...
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
SABERLIKE CLUBS CARRIED BY DUBLIN MOUNTED POLICE The "long arm of
the law" became more than an abstraction, recently, during the course of a lively
riot in Dublin, Ireland. This Saberlike Stick of Ash Is the Riot Stick Now Carried ...
Henry Haven Windsor, 1920
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Mammal Teeth: Origin, Evolution, and Diversity
Further, some pantodonts and dinoceratans had large, saberlike upper canines,
and some taeniodonts had large and ever-growing gliriform canines. The molars
of pantodonts and tillodonts tend to be dilambdodont with W-shaped ectolophs ...
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The Facts on File Dictionary of Evolutionary Biology
Ti- tanoides (weighing about 150 kg) was an enormous animal with saberlike
upper ca- nines, and large forelimbs with claws, probably to dig for food or to tear
tough plant material. Barylamda (even bigger at about 650 kg) probably browsed.
Elizabeth Owen, Eve Daintith, 2009
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Geology, physical and historical
536), the most conspicuous features of which were the three pairs of knobs, or
horns, and the long, saberlike teeth (canines) which projected several inches
below the upper jaw. One pair of the knobs was situated on the nose, a larger
pair ...
Herdman Fitzgerald Cleland, 1916
+ Leaves grayish-green, mostly deflected, with maximum width often below
middle, often more or less saberlike curved, mostly with broad base (cf. couplet
63); stigmas yellow, sometimes with grayish hairs, rarely dark 67. 67. Leaves,
except ...
N. N. Tzvelev, Andreĭ Aleksandrovich Fedorov, 2003
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Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of ...
A predator armed with those long, slicing canines, capable of deep penetration
but susceptible to breakage, may have had greater need for grasping, restraining
, and steadying each squirmy prey animal. Saberlike claws could have provided
...
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Beasts of Eden: Walking Whales, Dawn Horses, and Other ...
They all have saberlike canines of varying sizes, but there is no hint of
hypertrophy. Although they catch their prey in different ways, the haste with which
it tries to avoid them leaves no doubt that the fangs were "adaptive from
beginning to end.
David Rains Wallace, 2004
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Ancient Chinese Warfare
For example, three knives recovered from P'an-lung- ch'eng could easily be
weapons, including the longest at 35.6 centimeters (or about 14 inches), which
has a saberlike elongated profile, sharp point, slight downward curvature in the
upper ...
Ralph D. Sawyer, Mei-chün Sawyer, 2011
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SABERLIKE»
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'Fastest Things on Wings:' inside the rehabilitation of injured …
They have long, narrow bills and small, saberlike wings that can rotate in a full circle. They are the only birds that can fly both forward and backward; they can ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
Sturdy Arms Were Secret to the Saber-Tooth's Success
As a predator, having long, saberlike fangs is an advantage only if you can keep struggling prey from snapping them in half. A new study of fossils suggests that ... «Science AAAS, Jan 12»
Keepers of the Flame
Saberlike skewers of halal lamb, chicken, and beef smeared with spicy marinades hiss as they hit the charcoal-fired grill at this Pakistani restaurant. They're ... «Washingtonian.com, Mar 09»
