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"You clear a place in the drawing room, Percy," said Natica, briskly.
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"Hullo!" he said to the Hartopp, who looked properly peevish, and then waspish, as she let her glance travel to Natica, who stood perfectly poised and, I fancied, a trifle expectant.
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When consolidated, it drops off from the shell, having taken the mould of its form, as it were, and retaining the curve which distinguishes the outline of the Natica.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 Various
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The Hartopp went to Natica with a softened gleam in her eyes; "I saw a telephone in the hall," she said.
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[2] Sometimes from the _Buccinum undulatum_ [Möll], found from Nantucket to Labrador, and occasionally perhaps from the _Natica heros_ [Say] found from New York to Labrador, and the _Natica duplicata_ found from
Wampum A Paper Presented to the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia Ashbel Woodward
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In our _Natica heros_, for instance, the common large gray Sea-Snail of our coast, this change takes place when the yolk has subdivided into eight parts.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 Various
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But in the case of the Natica this regular segmentation changes its character, and at a certain period, in a more or less advanced stage of the segmentation, according to the species, each portion of the yolk assumes an individuality of its own, and, instead of uniting again with the rest, begins to subdivide for itself.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 Various
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Gibbosa, Mytilus Imbricatus, Pholadomya (two kinds), Trigonia costata; of univalves, Natica (two kinds), Nerinea Cingenda; of fishes, Strophodus
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter
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These are the eggs of our common Natica or Sea-Snail.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 Various
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Mojsvar has pointed out that the Alpine Bunter belongs to the single zone of _Natica costata_ and _Tirolites cassianus_.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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