velox
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Our specimen of the Sharp-shinned Hawk is referred to velox on the basis of the reddish, maculated breast, sides, and thighs.
From Birds from Coahuila, Mexico by Emil K. Urban
O. velox of Quennerstedt is probably the same as 0. kessleri, but differs in having three complete rows of ventral cirri.
From Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 by Gary N. (Gary Nathan) Calkins
“Pooh! the passage is a compliment,” said the Greek, who had recovered himself, and seemed wise enough to take the matter gaily— “‘Ingenium velox, audacia perdita, sermo Promptus, et Isaeo torrentior.’
From Romola by George Eliot
O. velox has three frontal cirri in a line, thus differing from the Woods Hole form.
From Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 by Gary N. (Gary Nathan) Calkins
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