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1478 drawing by Theodoros Pelecanos of an Ouroboros, in alchemical tract titled Synosius.. Obake – Shapeshifting spirits; Obariyon – Spook which rides piggyback on a human victim and becomes unbearably heavy
The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans, an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners. [1] Most terms used here may be found in common dictionaries and general information web sites. [2] [3] [4
Osteichthyes (/ ˌ ɒ s t iː ˈ ɪ k θ iː z / ost-ee-IK-theez; from Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon) 'bone' and ἰχθύς (ikhthús) 'fish'), [2] also known as osteichthyans or commonly referred to as the bony fish, is a diverse superclass of vertebrate animals that have endoskeletons primarily composed of bone tissue.
Letter-winged kite; Lettered aracari; Levaillant's cisticola; Levaillant's cuckoo; Levaillant's woodpecker; Levant sparrowhawk; Lewin's honeyeater; Lewin's rail; Lewis's woodpecker; Lichtenstein's sandgrouse; Lidth's jay; Light-crowned spinetail; Light-mantled albatross; Light-vented bulbul; Lilac-breasted roller; Lilac-crowned amazon; Lilac ...
Tatzelwurm – (Alpine Folklore) lizard-like creature, often described as having the face of a cat, with a serpent-like body which may be slender or stubby, with four short legs or two forelegs; Tatsu – Japanese dragon; Taurokampoi – Fish-tailed bull; Tavara – Night-demon [citation needed]
The total number of distinct Egyptian hieroglyphs increased over time from several hundred in the Middle Kingdom to several thousand during the Ptolemaic Kingdom.. In 1928/1929 Alan Gardiner published an overview of hieroglyphs, Gardiner's sign list, the basic modern standard.
2. Xeme. Also known as Sabine's Gull, these animals are graceful seabirds that live in a variety of habitats depending on the season. In the summer, they can be found across the Arctic and ...
[2] [3] [4] Animals have been selected so that each number from 0 to 55 leg pairs has one example listed. Each of these examples is listed by a number closely associated with the relevant taxon, either because that number is the one most commonly observed in that taxon or because it is one of only a few numbers recorded for the taxon.