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单词 apteryx
例句 apteryx
Neither the apteryx nor the manchot fly any more than the ostrich. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z
The wing of apteryx, like that of the cassowary, has become extremely reduced. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z
In short, the British Innkeeper, as these writers represent him, figures as a sort of human apteryx, who supports himself entirely by the length of his bill. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853)
Allied to these are the four species of Kiwi or apteryx, still existing there. More Science From an Easy Chair
It is this bird which is also known under the name of the "apteryx." Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century
As regards the epiornis, the position is not universally acceded to by naturalists that the creature was like the ostrich, the apteryx, and cassowary, a mere walking bird. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z
A pollex is wanting, as in the cassowary, emeu and apteryx, while it is impossible to say whether remiges are represented or not. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z
One form is exemplified by the ostrich, rhea, emeu, cassowary, apteryx, dinornis, &c. On the Genesis of Species
This is not precisely typical of the gallinaceous species; but it is none the less a phenomenon which might be mentioned in a comparison with the apteryx. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin
No feathered creatures so closely approach the lizard-tailed birds of the oolite or the toothed birds of the cretaceous period as do these Australian and New Zealand emus and apteryxes. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science
Among birds, the emeu, the cassowary, and the apteryx are species rapidly vanishing; amongst quadrupeds, the kangaroo—the platypus: others slowly, but not less surely. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z
The wing of the cassowary, emeu and apteryx has undergone complete degeneration; so much so that only a vestige of the hand remains. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z
Some of the largest vertebrae, tibiae, and femora equal in magnitude the most gigantic previously known, while others are not larger than the corresponding bones of the living apteryx. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1
Whiles we mocked at the monkeys' tricks Or pored apart on the apteryx; These could yield but a passing pleasure; Yours was the primal place. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 19, 1919
They are allied to the apteryx and the ostrich. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section M, N, and O
It were better to be an owl than a strong-eyed apteryx. Stephen Archer and Other Tales
I mean the apteryx, that eccentric, wingless recluse which hides itself in the scrub jungles of New Zealand. Concerning Animals and Other Matters
The last of the gigantic birds were probably exterminated, like the dodo, by human agency: some small species allied to the apteryx may possibly be met with in the unexplored parts of the middle island. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1
Think of me henceforth as an apteryx—you have a dictionary at hand? Born in Exile
There is the kiwi, or apteryx, which is about as large as a turkey, but only found on the West Coast. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement
I don't—and don't wish to—believe in the apteryx profession; that's all I must say. Born in Exile
But the apteryx is one of those odd geniuses which come into the world too soon, and perish ineffectual. Concerning Animals and Other Matters
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