Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A group of crabs, including those of the typical genus Cancer.
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No passerines are known to have been dry forest specialists but two non-passerines, the whistling tree duck (Dendrocygna arcuata) and grass owl (Tyto longimembris), both used dry habitats for foraging and are now most probably extinct.
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_ Rufa, crassa, brevis; antennis late pectinatis; alis anticis linea exteriore arcuata nivea, spatio contiguo exteriore obscuriore.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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The inner is thin, and is named the zona arcuata: it supports the spiral organ of Corti.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 4. The Internal Ear or Labyrinth 1918
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Zona arcuata, and 6, zona pectinata of the basilar membrane, with a, its hyaline layer, B, its connective-tissue layer.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 4. The Internal Ear or Labyrinth 1918
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Zona arcuata, and 6, zona pectinata of the basilar membrane, with a, its hyaline layer, B, its connective-tissue layer.
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The arcuate artery (a. arcuata; metatarsal artery) arises a little anterior to the lateral tarsal artery; it passes lateralward, over the bases of the metatarsal bones, beneath the tendons of the Extensor digitorum brevis, its direction being influenced by its point of origin; and its anastomoses with the lateral tarsal and lateral plantar arteries.
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One (proötic) appears in the neighborhood of the eminentia arcuata, spreads in front and above the internal acoustic meatus and extends to the apex of the bone; it forms part of the cochlea, vestibule, superior semicircular canal, and medial wall of the tympanic cavity.
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Legumen immaturum incanum, stylo e basi arcuata porrecto terminatum, calyce subemarcido subtensum.
Expedition into Central Australia Charles Sturt 1832
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Stylus e basi arcuata porrectus, postice barbatus.
Expedition into Central Australia Charles Sturt 1832
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(Amonites planulatus, Gryphaea arcuata). (g) Secondary sandstone with lignites; iron sand; Wealden clay; greensand or green sandstone; (h)
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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