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12:24 Feb 9, 2004 |
German to English translations [PRO] Science - Zoology / a type of amphibian | |||||||
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4 +1 | Caecilians |
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4 +1 | Caecilians / blind worms |
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below Explanation: Blindwühlen fpl (Zoo) Gymnophiona, caecilia, wormlike amphibians (Ordnung der Lepospondyli) Langenscheidt Biologie |
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Caecilians Explanation: "Apoda (Zool.) An order of Amphibians having a cylindrical snakelike body without limbs, reduced eyes, and an anterior sensory tentacle; burrowing forms, living near water and feeding chiefly upon earthworms. Caecilians." Chambers Dictionary of Science and Technology and from Webster: "fr. L caecilia, a lizard, fr. caecus blind)". |
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Blindwühlen Caecilians / blind worms Explanation: see URLs quoted in the boxes plus http://members.aol.com/darwinpage/zoo/amphibians.htm http://www.caecilian.org/archive.html http://sps.k12.ar.us/massengale/amphibian_notes_bi.htm Reference: http://www.palaeos.com/Vertebrates/Units/Unit180/180.100.htm... Reference: http://www.earth.monash.edu.au/ESC2032/Pracs/Prac3/Pr3Amph.h... |
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