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Butterflies are also well represented in the area and include many restricted species such as purple brown eye Chaetocneme porphyropis, Australian hedge blue Udara tenella and Cairns birdwing Ornithoptera priamus euphorion (Australia's largest butterfly).
Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site, Australia 2008
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Bene nutrientes cibi, tenella aetas multum valet, carnes non virosae, nec pingues.
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This species is a tall robust one resembling _Chloris barbata_ in its inflorescence, but with larger spikelets -- as large as those of _Chloris tenella_.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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The Bog Pimpernel (_Anagallis tenella_), is common in boggy ground, having erect rose-coloured leaves larger than those of the
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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Quo toties lavi membra tenella puer; Hic delusa rudi frustrabar brachia motu,
Life of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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_Anagallis_ (like _tenella_), and a beautiful purple primrose, grew by its bank.
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Anagallis tenella, -- indescribable in the tender feebleness of it -- afterwards as it grew, dropping the little blossoms from the base of the spire, before the buds at the top had blown.
Proserpina, Volume 2 Studies Of Wayside Flowers John Ruskin 1859
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[* Drosera tenella.] [* In like manner, near Geneva, the rock of the Mole, belonging to the Alpine limestone, lies under the Jura limestone which forms Mount Saleve.]
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The soil is covered with moss, and a new species of drosera, * (* Drosera tenella.) which by its form reminded us of the drosera of the Alps. The thickness of the forests, and the force of vegetation, augmented as we approached the convent of Caripe.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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Salmonella Typhimurium against Eimeria tenella infection in chickens.
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