 ... feet). Each sac is furnished with a single duct that leads into a prominent nipple-like papilla that is capable of being protruded from the anus, and by means of which the direction of the jet is governed.  The Adirondacks - Page 194by Thomas Morris Longstreth - 1917 - 370 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Linnaean Society of New York - 1882 - 430 pages
...the contained fluid may be ejected to the distance of four or five metres (approximately 13 to i6a feet). Each sac is furnished with a single duct that...is capable of being protruded from the anus, and by means of which the direction of the jet is governed. The secretion is a clear limpid fluid of an amber... | |
 | Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews - 1898 - 370 pages
...contained liquid may be ejected to the distance of from thirteen to sixteen and a half feet. Each pouch is furnished with a single duct that leads into a...is capable of being protruded from the anus, and by means of which the direction of the jet is governed. The secretion is a clear fluid, amber or gold-yellow... | |
 | Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews - 1898 - 364 pages
...contained liquid may be ejected to the distance of from thirteen to sixteen and a half feet. Each pouch is furnished with a single duct that leads into a...that is capable of being protruded from the anus, aud by means of which the direction of the jet is governed. The secretion is a clear fluid, amber or... | |
 | Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby - 1906 - 936 pages
...which serves to compress them so forcibly that the contained fluid may be ejected to the distance of 15 feet. Each sac is furnished with a single duct that...is capable of being protruded from the anus, and by means of which the direction of the jet is governed. This liquid causes acute distress when in contact... | |
 | Edward Royal Warren - 1910 - 362 pages
...contained fluid may be ejected to the distance of four or five metres (approximately 13 to 16^ feet). Eacli sac is furnished with a single duct that leads into...is capable of being protruded from the anus, and by means of which the direction of the jet is governed." — "Mammals of the Adirondack Region," Trans.... | |
 | Charles Barney Cory - 1912 - 528 pages
...the contained fluid may be ejected to the distance of four or five metres (approximately 13 to 16^2 feet). Each sac is furnished with a single duct that...is capable of being protruded from the anus, and by means of which the direction of the jet is governed. The secretion is a clear, limpid fluid of an amber... | |
 | Frank Moore Colby, Talcott Williams - 1922 - 1022 pages
...fluid may be ejected to the distance of 15 feet. Each sac is furnished with a single duct that loads into a prominent, nipple-like papilla that is capable of being protruded from the anus and by means of which the direction of the jet is governed. This liquid causes acute distress when in contact... | |
 | 1912 - 526 pages
...the contained fluid may be ejected to the distance of four or five metres (approximately 13 to i6>£ feet). Each sac is furnished with a single duct that...is capable of being protruded from the anus, and by means of which the direction of the jet is governed. The secretion is a clear, limpid fluid of an amber... | |
 | Hartley H. T. Jackson, Jody Lepage - 2013 - 532 pages
...the contained fluid may be ejected to the distance of four or five metres (approximately 13 to 16-1/2 feet). Each sac is furnished with a single duct that...is capable of being protruded from the anus, and by means of which the direction of the jet is governed ( Merriam, 1883: 76). General color glossy black... | |
 | 1899 - 706 pages
...the contained fluid may be ejected to the distance of four or five metres (approximately 13 to lf>i feet). Each sac is furnished with a single duct that...is capable of being protruded from the anus, and by means of which the direction of the jet is governed.* MATKKIAI.. The present revision is based chiefly... | |
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