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They form indeterminate fibers, with the exception of a bundle named the fasciculus solitarius, which is made up of descending fibers of the vagus and glossopharyngeal nerves.
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– Skeleton of a male Solitaire, Pezophaps solitarius, Museum of Zoology, Cambridge.
Dodo in 1911 2007
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Key words Vagus nerve · Nodose ganglion · Estrogen receptor · Nucleus tractus solitarius · Rat (Sprague Dawley)
In Defense of the Hysterectomy aka TBTAM 2007
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The solitaire, Didus solitarius of Gmelin, referred by Strickland to a district genus Pezophaps, is supposed to have lingered in the 3 E. Newton and H. Gadow, Trans.
Dodo in 1911 2007
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Neurons in the nodose ganglia and nucleus tractus solitarius were immunoreactive for estrogen receptors.
In Defense of the Hysterectomy aka TBTAM 2007
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It was originally called the “solitaire,” but this name was also applied to Pezophaps solitarius of Rodriguez by the Huguenot exile Leguat, who described and figured it about 1691.
Dodo in 1911 2007
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Hortulo sibi cellulam seligens, ibique seipsum includens, vixit solitarius.
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Vigilavi et factus sum velut nycticorax in domicilio, passer solitarius in templo.
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Pandanus; Curculigo pumila, floribus sub-solitarius ante folia, 6 vel. 4 partitis; a Careya, Dillenia, arborea floribus numerosis parvis luteis.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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A bird frequents these parts with a blue chest, called _Passer solitarius; _ he abounds in the rocky crevices.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 Various
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