| 单词 | saucer-shaped |
| 例句 | Even the extraterrestrials look as if they’d been imagined during that time — they have a prominent forehead and opaque eyes, and arrive in saucer-shaped ships. Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z The video appears to be shot by a driver who pulls up alongside the spaceship, though it’s unclear who is driving the flying saucer-shaped vehicle. 'Spaceship' on Florida Turnpike turns heads 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Sparkling gowns and saucer-shaped headdresses — the sort that earned Pepper LaBeija 10s across the board from the judges — were never his thing. The Extravagant Life of Hector Xtravaganza 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z It is not the traditional saucer-shaped metal form, with glowing perimeter lights best seen by night. Cowboys & Aliens ? review 2011-08-18T14:00:01Z Inspired by the space age, it boasts a flying saucer-shaped roof. Lancaster services on M6 wins grade II-listed status 2012-11-27T00:01:01Z Ms. Zuckerberg looks remarkably like her brother, with saucer-shaped eyes, a long nose and slight frame. Randi Zuckerberg, on Her Own Now 2011-10-19T22:07:09Z Now it is a grassy field with a few propped-up trees and two big, saucer-shaped lily ponds. Art Museums in Puerto Rico Face Long and Expensive Recovery 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Through documentary material and an architectural model, Ms. Arsanios revisits a flying saucer-shaped 1950s beach chalet at an upscale Beirut resort. High-Flying Art for a Wall-Building Time 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z The ceremonial repainting began Tuesday morning on the south end of the tower’s saucer-shaped top level. Move aside Godzilla, Seattle mascots scale Space Needle for paint job 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z “We have gone from traditional saucer-shaped bunkers into what is described as a windswept bunker,” Nicholson said. KPMG Women’s PGA Championship returns to Sahalee Country Club in 2024 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z He says there are a number of videos taken with handheld camcorders that appear to show saucer-shaped objects making erratic motions. An Eastern WA man records 180,000 UFO sightings, even if others debunk them 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z In 2033, a saucer-shaped descent pod will carry the samples down to the Utah desert. Scrapping original plan, Mars mission turns to existing rover to help bring samples home 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z At the heart of each circle of forest, hunkered down under the ancient canopy and wrapped in lush vegetation, are saucer-shaped churches – otherworldly structures that almost seem to emit a life force. Gardens of Eden: the church forests of Ethiopia – a photo essay 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z The first taste from the visible kitchen is saucer-shaped tortillas tagged by a bowl of dark salsa made from charred eggplant, tomatillo and jalapeño. Review | Maiz64 brings Mexican flair — and smothering service — to Logan Circle 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z That would make them about 350 million years older than the previous oldest known animal fossil—a flat, saucer-shaped creature known as Dickinsonia that lived on the sea floor almost 600 million years ago. Do these fossilized structures belong to Earth’s first animals? 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z He showed me a more immediately pleasing one, with a saucer-shaped mouth and squat body he’d glazed with psychedelic swirls of blues, greens, reds and oranges, evoking a gasoline rainbow. Seth Rogen and the Secret to Happiness 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z In saucer-shaped flowers with exposed pollen, like buttercups, UV-absorbing pigment increased when ozone levels went down and decreased in locations where ozone went up. Flowers are changing their colors to adapt to climate change 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z There are no rooms inside; instead, sitting and sleeping areas are saucer-shaped pods radiating from the core. ‘The Michelangelo of kitsch’: the restoration of outsider architect Bruce Goff 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z The Nonument Group’s next project involves the flying saucer-shaped concrete Memorial House of the Bulgarian Communist party, better known as the Buzludzha Monument. Left to rot: the new global effort to preserve lost monuments 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z The SCI carried 9.5 kilograms of a plastic explosive packed into a conical chamber capped at the base by a saucer-shaped plate of copper. A Japanese spacecraft may have just blown a crater in a distant asteroid 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z The negotiations over the Paris rule book, often dense and technical, were frequently bogged down by sharp political disputes inside the saucer-shaped convention center here in Katowice, at the heart of Poland’s coal country. Climate Negotiators Reach an Overtime Deal to Keep Paris Pact Alive 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z It will be a long night in the sprawling Spodek conference venue, a flying saucer-shaped concert and sports hall, as teams continue to haggle over the texts in groups. Ministers work around the clock to strengthen global climate deal 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z The meadow itself is saucer-shaped, and there are other batteries planted along the rim with pretence at concealment, still ranged on targets within our former lines. The Battle of Amiens: how the Guardian reported 'rout and confusion' of German soldiers – August 1918 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z One of the Milky Way’s defining features is a saucer-shaped disk of stars, among which is the Sun. The Galaxy’s full glory revealed 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z In a saucer-shaped grave flecked with red ochre, the archaeologists discovered skeletal remains of a man about 50 years old, who lay curled on his side and facing an ocean inlet. Buried in Beads 4,000 Years Ago, This Chiefly Family Lives Again 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z It is February, and this saucer-shaped building is host to the world’s biggest e-sports event. The rise of e-sports: are addiction and corruption the price of its success? 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z While the new Alpha retains the gold saucer-shaped helmet as well as the red body, not much else is recognizable. 'Power Rangers' fans respond to new Alpha 5 design with a resounding 'no' 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Roberts, who’s studying to become a care pastor, said he’ll use the saucer-shaped tip when he goes outside or walks around downtown. Local resident develops device to assist the blind 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z There was no craft, no saucer-shaped vessel, no raptor-styled ship like in the movies. The offering : Nature : Nature Research 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z It’s dust storm season on Mars, and on October 19, a saucer-shaped spacecraft will attempt to land right in the middle of the action. Mars Storm Chaser About to Make History on Red Planet They milled around the saucer-shaped Monument to the Unknown Soldier, built to commemorate the dead in the Iran-Iraq war. Protesters leave Baghdad’s Green Zone a day after ransacking parliament 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z The pictures feature eerie, saucer-shaped puffs that seem to hang over the sky like UFOs. "UFO Clouds" Are Real. Here's How They Happen 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Inside their dark green outlines he planted bright green saucer-shaped "Mint Saucer" aeoniums as well as octopus agaves, whose twisted arms sprout from concrete planters. See how this Los Feliz yard was transformed into a low-water oasis where it's fun to garden again 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z But while the chute deployed, Nasa said the balloon above the saucer-shaped test vehicle did not inflate. Nasa parachute fails to inflate in test flight to land larger vehicles on Mars 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z The balloon took off from Hawaii carrying an experimental saucer-shaped weight. Nasa launches helium balloon to test Mars landings - BBC News 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z The technology includes a doughnut-shaped ring that's expected to inflate and slow down the flying saucer-shaped landing vehicle. Hawaii skies stand in for Mars atmosphere in NASA gear test 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z NASA’s saucer-shaped spacecraft is scheduled to lift off Monday from the west coast of Kauai island in Hawaii. Watch Live as NASA's 'Flying Saucer' Hurtles Into Space 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z A saucer-shaped plastic toy with four colored buttons, it lit up and emitted tones in a sequence that the player then had to reproduce. Ralph H. Baer, Inventor of First System for Home Video Games, Is Dead at 92 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z Shopping malls, five-star hotels and a strange tower with a flying saucer-shaped restaurant on the top have transformed the once-low skyline. Revisiting Kurdistan: 'If there is a success story in Iraq, it's here' 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z It is marked by a saucer-shaped overhead structure on pillars near Spring Mountain Road, across the Strip from the Wynn Las Vegas resort. Police: Man wounded in Vegas mall not cooperating 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z Yes, it flies, is saucer-shaped, sports multiple onboard cameras and will eventually be used to send heavy payloads to, yes, Mars. Inside the Beltway: Libertarians strut stuff, defend turf 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Even in the world of homeware there are flying saucer-shaped kettles, phones, lamps and irons - and many will have fond childhood reminiscences of sherbet-filled flying saucer sweets. The lasting allure of the flying saucer 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z The skies off the Hawaiian island of Kauai will be a stand-in for Mars as Nasa prepares to launch a saucer-shaped vehicle in an experimental flight designed to land heavy loads on the red planet. Mars: we're going to need a bigger parachute, says Nasa 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z The fortunes of the saucer-shaped drillship, which worked in the Beaufort Sea late last year, face particular scrutiny because it was a major part of Royal Dutch Shell's controversial and error-prone 2012 Arctic drilling program. Alaska Oil Rig Reaches Safe Harbor after Week on Rocks 2013-01-09T00:15:14.280Z The building has an enormous flying saucer-shaped roof. Square Feet: A Clean New Life for Grimy Gas Stations 2012-07-10T23:29:16Z Fruit saucer-shaped, emarginate at base and apex, winged by the divergent cells. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z A saucer-shaped hollow big enough for a bed for all the family is scooped in the ground. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Geranium.—Showy border flowers, mostly growing to a height of 1� or 2 ft., having deeply cut leaves, and abundant saucer-shaped blossoms of considerable size. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Tazza, tat′sa, n. a shallow vessel mounted on a foot: a saucer-shaped bowl. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z From his pocket he drew a long, stout fishline, at one end of which was fastened a lead weight, slightly smaller around than the hole, and having a saucer-shaped depression in one end. The White Crystals Being an Account of the Adventures of Two Boys 2012-01-13T03:00:11.507Z Leaves glabrous and shining, obovate-spatulate or narrowly wedge-form, with a long tapering base and an often obscurely 3-lobed summit, varying to oblanceolate; cup saucer-shaped or hemispherical.—Wet grounds, around ponds, etc., The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z Down each side of the whole long table, were placed large, round, saucer-shaped fruit-dishes, heaped up with peaches, nectarines, pears, plumbs, ripe gooseberries, cherries, currants, strawberries, &c. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z In front was the saucer-shaped break in the ground which she had found offered such luxurious ease. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z Harry and Shep had found a man—no, looked more like a boy; lying crumpled and motionless in a little saucer-shaped hollow amidst the brush. The Pike's Peak Rush Terry in the New Gold Fields 2011-11-11T03:00:26.697Z The small rounded acorn, about half an inch long, is set in a thin saucer-shaped cup which tapers to a short stem. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z Those sand-choked, saucer-shaped depressions of the exposed bedrock found in other parts of the desert, in which rain-water sometimes lodges, do not there exist. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z To hold Ypres was vital, and yet Ypres was, humanly speaking, indefensible, within a saucer-shaped salient dominated on three sides by the German artillery. The King's Pilgrimage 2011-05-11T02:00:18.833Z It consisted of a saucer-shaped hull, carrying a heavy battery, and plated with iron of ample thickness to resist the shot fired from the heaviest ordnance then known. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine 2011-04-21T02:00:53.240Z A billion miles from Earth, a small saucer-shaped spacecraft emerged from the fiery turmoil of an atmospheric entry. Destination Titan 2011-04-08T10:59:33Z The fruit, taking two years to mature, is an acorn nearly hemispheric, about one-half inch long, light brown, often striped, enclosed only at the base in a thin, shallow, saucer-shaped cup. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z Of the outer eyelids, the lower alone is movable in most birds, as in reptiles, and it frequently contains a rather large saucer-shaped cartilage, the tarsus palpebralis. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z In “Energies in Outer Space,” a show at Castelli, saucer-shaped disks hovered over pinstriped fields. Nassos Daphnis, an Artist of Geometry, Dies at 96 2010-12-13T02:55:00Z The usual champagne glasses are saucer-shaped stem glasses, although some prefer a goblet shape, one size larger than a claret glass. Dinners and Luncheons Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions The orbit of his saucer-shaped ship flattened into a great spiral. Earth Alert! A pretty little evergreen shrub not unlike a Heath, but more branching, bearing solitary, pink, saucer-shaped flowers half an inch across, each petal striped with white down the centre. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens A tremendous saucer-shaped ship had landed by the menagerie building, where it sat with circular peripheral ports aglow and lines of bold enigmatic hieroglyphs fluorescing greenly on its smooth undersurface. Clean Break It is saucer-shaped, with thick walls, and the whole exterior is a beautiful “mosaic” of green, gray, and glaucous lichen. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 4 October, 1897 The truck roared into high gear and rode forward on the surface of the water surrounded by a saucer-shaped depression. Navy Day The sounding lead is a long slug, something like a 99 window-weight, at the bottom of which is a saucer-shaped hollow. The Harbor of Doubt Acorn ovoid, about � in. long, one third to one half inclosed in a deep, saucer-shaped cup; in the axils of the leaves of the year. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination After the process was completed each spot was saucer-shaped and free from scum and mud. The Meaning of Evolution This plant is saucer-shaped, sometimes many inches broad; sessile, somewhat twisted, dark umber, white beneath, wrinkled with rib-like veins. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth The groins stop short a little below the dome's apex, where they are arched into one another, leaving a saucer-shaped crown now capped by a Turkish finial. Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture And half-way down the steep, toward the right, smoked and smouldered a shallow, saucer-shaped crater from whose broken lower rim a purple-brown serpent of comparatively recent lava descended in sluggish curves across the intense green. In the Morning of Time Acorn globular, hardly � in. long, cup shallow and saucer-shaped, almost sessile, in the axils of last year's leaf-scars. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination He walked around its great bushy head and down toward its foot; and there he found a broad, saucer-shaped hollow, left when the tree was torn up by the roots in some wild gale. Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals These cups vary greatly in size and form; some are so small that it requires a lens to examine them; some are saucer-shaped; some are like goblets, and some resemble beakers of various shapes. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth It was a massive cylinder of fluorescent metal, with two long metallic cables running from its center, each cable ending in a saucer-shaped disk. Zehru of Xollar In the centre of this pentagram was a circular disk of black stone, slightly saucer-shaped, with a small outlet in the middle. Black Spirits and White A Book of Ghost Stories Nevertheless the mark offered would now, in comparison with our saucer-shaped target, be considered easy. The Adventures of Bobby Orde The saucer-shaped domes are sections of spheres, as are both the pendentives and the sides of the clerestory windows. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch Each of these lights consists of a copper lamp, placed in front of a saucer-shaped reflector. A Yacht Voyage Round England This species constructs its tiny saucer-shaped nursery entirely of its own saliva. Birds of the Indian Hills And they were not the conventional saucer-shaped things—they acted like saucers skimming across the water. The Fourth Invasion Her bows are viking or saucer-shaped, prettier than the usual fiddle-bow we see here, and her high bulwarks on her long sloping quarter deck you feel must conceal brass guns. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah Between these arches are the small saucer-shaped domes, 26 feet in diameter. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch The plate was hollow—in reality, two saucer-shaped plates with their concave faces together. The Devil's Asteroid Unlike the nests of the Trochilidae, which are saucer-shaped, it was of a long, funnel-like form, broad at the top and tapering towards the lower part. On the Banks of the Amazon Fruit.—Abundant, maturing the second season, short-stemmed: cup saucer-shaped, with firm, appressed scales, shallow: acorns ovoid to globose, about ½ inch long, often striate, breadth sometimes equal to entire length of fruit. Handbook of the Trees of New England It is admirably suited for a leisurely life in the open sea, where it swims about by contracting its saucer-shaped body, thus driving water out from its concavity. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told Another shell exploded about 30 yards short of our mess, leaving a symmetrical saucer-shaped crater about 6 feet in diameter and a little over 2 feet deep in the centre. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 The men hurriedly seized the saucer-shaped baskets which they had with them, and waved them round their heads till they were full of flies. Chatterbox, 1905. Ross hovered above a dark pocket where the bottom had suddenly dipped into a saucer-shaped depression. Key Out of Time A number of saucer-shaped shell gorgets, the upper edge being somewhat straightened, the result of the natural limit of the body of the shell. Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made During the Field Season of 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 427-510 The battery lay somewhat wide to the right of its fellows in the brigade; in a saucer-shaped hollow on the hill-side, well screened with scrub. Foe-Farrell Some of them bear a strong resemblance to the skillets used on cooking stoves, the handle being looped, but the bowl is more saucer-shaped. Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico And Arizona In 1879 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 307-428 Small saucer-shaped bowls ornamented on the inside only, chiefly with crenate marginal bands and leaf figures. Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Indians of New Mexico in 1880 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 429-466 These are saucer-shaped structures, composed of feathers, straw and other materials made to adhere together, and to the beam or stone to which the nest is attached, by the glutinous saliva of the swifts. A Bird Calendar for Northern India As regards the vast superficies enclosed by this irregular border, it is chiefly remarkable for the number of large saucer-shaped hollows which are revealed on its surface under a low sun. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features Although it had looked like a balloon from above, a closer view showed that it was definitely round and flat—saucer-shaped. The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects Among the examples of this ware, obtained at Wolpi, is a large number of the flat or saucer-shaped kind; these vary both in size and character of construction as well as decoration. Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico And Arizona In 1879 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 307-428 It brought him into a country of stunted pines and red sandstone, and so to the summit of a ridge which formed part of the rim of a saucer-shaped basin. The Sheriff's Son The nest is a large saucer-shaped platform of twigs and sticks. A Bird Calendar for Northern India After the winter's rest the bulbs are invariably saucer-shaped, and in the event of their being watered before growth has commenced, sufficient water will remain in the hollow to destroy the bulb. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition In baking, the edges curl up so that the cake, instead of being flat, is saucer-shaped. In Indian Mexico (1908) Small cup or rather saucer-shaped baskets similar in construction to the preceding two numbers. Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico And Arizona In 1879 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 307-428 Also he kept along the rim of the saucer-shaped park till he came to a break where a creek tumbled down in a white foam through a ravine. The Sheriff's Son Wire-tailed swallows occasionally build in verandahs, but they prefer to attach their saucer-shaped mud nests to the arches of bridges and culverts. A Bird Calendar for Northern India With a sudden, catlike movement he whirled over on his back, caught his heel in a tiny, saucer-shaped depression and sat up. Dutch Courage and Other Stories Fruit short, depressed, almost saucer-shaped, and bearing spines nearly 1 in. long. Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation The nest is placed in holes, in crevices between rocks and stones; is circular and saucer-shaped. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 The party descended a gentle slope, and there, in a saucer-shaped piece of low-lying ground fringed with saskatoon and choke-cherry trees, they pitched their camp. The Rising of the Red Man A Romance of the Louis Riel Rebellion A saucer-shaped depression about twenty-five feet in diameter, and perhaps two feet deep, had appeared in No Man's Land. A Volunteer Poilu Nierembergia Rivularis.—This herbaceous plant is of a creeping nature; it has deep green ovate foliage and large saucer-shaped white flowers. Gardening for the Million It is said to be of neat habit, 12 inches high, with erect, saucer-shaped, white blossoms 3 inches in diameter. Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 It is a neat, saucer-shaped structure, somewhat triangular, to fit well up to the fork, built of fibry roots, and firmly bound to the branches by spiders' webs. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Basins or flat dishes were sometimes made of mountain sheep horn, boiled, split, and flattened, and also of split buffalo horn, fitted and sewn together with sinew, making a flaring, saucer-shaped dish. Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People It was held in the center of the saucer-shaped country, and the day was given over to feasting and merry-making. The Magic of Oz Striking the road with an impact that left a deep, saucer-shaped dent, with one final bound the huge stone, amid vast splashings, found its last resting place in the river. Alias the Lone Wolf To one side was affixed a sort of mouthpiece, consisting of a truncated cone expanding into a saucer-shaped bowl. Across the Zodiac It was a tolerably compact, moderately deep, saucer-shaped nest, between 6 and 7 inches in diameter, composed of dead bamboo-sheaths and leaves bound together with creepers and herbaceous stems, and thinly lined with roots. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 In the saucer-shaped top of the nest two eggs are deposited, upon which the bird sits most assiduously, having no time at this season for aquatic amusements, such as paddling about with her nest. Four Months in a Sneak-Box Men and women, boys and girls, bending to their tasks, were filling shallow saucer-shaped baskets with coal and stacking them eight to ten high in a semi-circle, like coin for delivery. Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan Another strange creature, roughly saucer-shaped, but deep grey mottled with white and brown, continuously waves its serrated edges and pulsates at the centre. Confessions of a Beachcomber The convex surface must be ground in a saucer-shaped tool of corresponding form. Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science Exteriorly it is composed of roots, dead leaves, and decaying vegetation of all kinds; the egg-cavity, which is saucer-shaped and comparatively shallow, is coarsely lined with roots. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 In the saucer-shaped hollows of the rock was good clear water from the rain of the preceding day; thus we had all the luxuries that could be desired—fire, food, and water. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile The sun was peeping over the edge of the Notch and looking with wide eyes into the saucer-shaped valley in which the cabin stood. The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Each successive saucer-shaped layer crops out all round the margin, forming so many rings of various colours, and giving to the hill a fantastic appearance. Volcanic Islands Between the logs of the wall near another corner a horizontal iron bar had been driven, and from the end of this bar hung a saucer-shaped iron lamp filled with bear-oil. The Choir Invisible Nest saucer-shaped, the cavity 3·5 wide by 2·5 deep, made of slender twigs and grass-fibres, with no lining. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Presently the walls fell back, the gulch opened to a saucer-shaped valley in which nestled a little ranch. Bucky O'Connor Often the removed material entirely fills small, saucer-shaped valleys or low places, in which case it cannot wash back. A journey in other worlds A romance of the future The long, massive, saucer-shaped ridge behind them, with its terrific precipices, was glowing with bright morning colours. A Voyage to Arcturus They begin to lay in March, and build a broad somewhat saucer-shaped nest some 4 or 5 inches in width and 2 to 3 in depth externally. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 |
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