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Ichthyology   Listen
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Ichthyology  n.  The natural history of fishes; that branch of Zoology which relates to fishes, including their structure, classification, and habits.






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"Ichthyology" Quotes from Famous Books



... flashed by like lightning. But Conseil and I were able to observe those Mediterranean fish whose powerful fins kept pace for a while in the Nautilus's waters. We stayed on watch before the lounge windows, and our notes enable me to reconstruct, in a few words, the ichthyology of this sea. ...
— 20000 Leagues Under the Seas • Jules Verne

... be better informed with regard to ichthyology. If fortune had settled me near the seaside, or near some great river, my natural propensity would soon have urged me to have made myself acquainted with their productions; but as I have lived ...
— The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 • Gilbert White

... clever men have written diffusely on Ichthyology. Aristotle was one of the first who divided fishes into different orders, he divided them into three, but Linnaeus separated ...
— The Teesdale Angler • R Lakeland



Words linked to "Ichthyology" :   homocercal, zoology, zoological science



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