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The biggest turtle eggs today are just a few inches long, with papery thin shells.
A fossilized egg laid by an extinct, human-sized turtle holds a rare jackpot | Monroe Hammond | August 18, 2021 | Popular-ScienceAn inspector in 2016 flagged a package coming into the San Francisco airport holding a papery insect nest but not mentioning insects on the label.
Focusing on Asian giant hornets distorts the view of invasive species | Susan Milius | July 1, 2021 | Science NewsWhat he calls a “papery palace of stories” sustains identity and ties Mufti to place.
“Now we wonder why this has all gone so wrong.” | Frederick Deknatel | November 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Powell's is the largest bookstore in the world, an endless, multi-storey universe of papery smells and towering shelves.
Little Brother | Cory DoctorowThe fronds are smooth, deep-green in color, slightly paler beneath, and of a rather firm papery texture.
Beautiful Ferns | Daniel Cady EatonThe lowest Marsupials as regards the ossicles are the Peramelidae, whose ossicles are of a frail papery consistence.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsThe small burs have a thin, papery lining, and short, widely-branching spines.
Fruits of the Hawaiian Islands | Gerrit Parmile WilderFruit a fleshy pome, with the cells formed by papery or cartilaginous membranes within juicy flesh.
Trees of the Northern United States | Austin C. Apgar
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