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varying degrees of use and renewal and partly to the fusion
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of, some ofthe roots together. As they are seldom planted
in socket$,_but merely apposed or ankylosed to the jaw boues,
they are readin lost and as
Frequently,
'owing, to Some disturban€e of the -tisSuèsyih the
several nidiments may lse together to* form »veompoâte
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teeth, andthey are often absent altogèthetu
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In additionto the “, front ” teeth, which may b'e‘preeeded
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'in deep—sea forms by
milk ” teeth, there are pharÿngeàl
or gill teeth on the last branchiàl‘ archl where the
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narrows towards the gullet_. These are of a similar nature
but are usually of 4a stronger build'thâh the jàwteethi IÎ1
the majority Of species there
ÉcheWing' of the materials,
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the sh sirhplybblt thefood asifastas they Can and they have
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no -Salivary glands.’ But in the ÏLUng—shes and perhaps
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the Mullets Some
masticatiOn seems to take place.
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between :gùllet or œsOphàgus' and.
stomach_ _îisf n0t well—marked fin_ __shès. In the
indeed,stomach
hinder
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,
endÿof‘wloh’
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commumcatswth
cerrectJudgmgfromtheadultstructure ':ThéîËdéïëlèÿîäï "ç,
mm mm hwthtthmhtbgmh
Sometimes the cul-deasae i‘sf
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distensible, as in Amih0_dytesï and the Tràchyptétidsç In
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it eXtends backwards almost to the tail, and in a
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“_ heighbouring form, L0photes, it seems to have obtained a
Communication with the "eXterior.
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beginning, therefore, the stOmach has been-more
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Ÿiareta1mngorgan or crop than
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coat is
-develOPed, that it
forms
1egulargrzzard
is foundmthe
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and in? the Mullët”sf;
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we“ ,
extreme, } as1mplestralghttube?ï !:f._,
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{ fîîf’r ?
These examples illustrate thelowstagebfffdevelopientïæ
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