Word: arthropoda
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...gasoline generator gave them light, and drying facilities for their laboratory and clothes. Investigating the riot of fungus, lichens, molds, smuts and mildews that festooned the place, Beebe discovered Protozoa, Coelenterata, Platyhelminthes, Nemathelminthes, and Rotifera, and was certain of the existence of Mollusca, Oligochaeta, Hirundinea and Arthropoda...
...form and genuine poetic expression are not incomparable. The poem possesses a depth of thought and feeling coupled with a delicacy of expression which is less noticeable in Mr. Cowley's "To a Chance Acquaintance." The sonnet by Mr. Rickaby is buoyant in tone and complete in execution. "The Arthropoda," by Mr. Rogers, represents a mingling of "cold blue science with a puikish dream divine" which has at least the merit of novelty. It dwells on the common origin of the spider and the bee, and proceeds in a mildly humorous, fantastic way to narrate their evolution. Other verse contributions...
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