Word: commonest
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...hour to breathe. They are very persistent in attacking their prey, and when they have seized a fish, they will often allow themselves to be carried about for hours. They sometimes weigh as much as fifty pounds. The musk tortoise has similar habits but is smaller. The commonest variety is the painted turtle, which is found in every pond, and have the peculiarity of losing their shells every year. The box turtle is a native of the sandy beaches along Cape...
There are about a dozen different species of snakes of which the commonest is the brown snake. It is, however, seldom seen at the surface of the ground except after heavy rains. The so called hog nose snake is named for its peculiar shaped snout which is used in digging in the ground for grubs. When attacked these serpents often feign death, and do it so effectually that people have supposed that they fainted from fright. The small green snake, and the larger black snake are both well known and perfectly harmless, as is also the pugnacious checkered adder...
...long held note or chord, or to change completely in character. A portion of musical texture outlined in this way is called a phrase, subject or theme. The compass of these larger periodicities in composition exhibits a great degree of uniformity, two, four, eight or sixteen bars being their commonest duration. This structure of beats bars and phrases or (larger) periods is commonly explained extra-musically by the bodily conditions of musical and especially vocal, performance...