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The atlas (fig. 71) is remarkable, consisting of four pieces, and the first caudal is biconvex.
THE VERTEBRATE SKELETONSIDNEY H. REYNOLDSThe first caudal vertebra of modern Crocodilia is biconvex, and in the Chelonia all types of vertebral centra are found.
THE VERTEBRATE SKELETONSIDNEY H. REYNOLDSThe coloured corpuscles of amphibia as well as of nearly all vertebrates below mammals are biconvex and elliptical.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 4, SLICE 1VARIOUSThe lens is biconvex in diurnal mammals, but in nocturnal and aquatic it is spherical.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 10, SLICE 1VARIOUSThe holochroal eyes are of two kinds, one with plano-convex and one with biconvex lenses.
THE APPENDAGES, ANATOMY, AND RELATIONSHIPS OF TRILOBITESPERCY EDWARD RAYMONDThe ovum now assumes somewhat the form of a biconvex lens, in the axis of which the central perforation is still present.
THE WORKS OF FRANCIS MAITLAND BALFOUR, VOLUME II (OF 4)FRANCIS MAITLAND BALFOURDisk a rather flattened, biconvex lens, about twice as broad as thick.
REPORT ON THE RADIOLARIA COLLECTED BY H.M.S. CHALLENGER DURING THE YEARS 1873-1876, FIRST PART: PORULOSA (SPUMELLARIA AND ACANTHARIA)ERNST HAECKELCentral capsule biconvex lenticular, enclosed in the fenestrated shell.
REPORT ON THE RADIOLARIA COLLECTED BY H.M.S. CHALLENGER DURING THE YEARS 1873-1876, FIRST PART: PORULOSA (SPUMELLARIA AND ACANTHARIA)ERNST HAECKELGrain is narrow, obovoid, biconvex, with two grooves on the anterior side and with a long embryo.
A HANDBOOK OF SOME SOUTH INDIAN GRASSESRAI BAHADUR K. RANGA ACHARIYARSix larger spines in the hydrotomical plane, prominent on the margin of the circular or elliptical biconvex lens.
REPORT ON THE RADIOLARIA COLLECTED BY H.M.S. CHALLENGER DURING THE YEARS 1873-1876, FIRST PART: PORULOSA (SPUMELLARIA AND ACANTHARIA)ERNST HAECKELWORDS RELATED TO BICONVEX
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