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Definition of Desmans
1. desman [n] - See also: desman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Desmans
Literary usage of Desmans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1835)
"105 of Russia, ii. 18. 189 of the Pyrenees, ii. 190 ; v. 106 desmans, ii. 18 Deva
deve, v. 298 Devil of the Colonist, v. 193 Dhole, ii. 326 Diane, la, v. ..."
2. A History of British Fossil Mammals, and Birds by Richard. Owen (1846)
"The fossil differs, however, from both the typical Moles and the desmans, not
only in its larger size, but in some slight modifications of the crown of the ..."
3. Mammalia: Their Various Orders and Habits Popularly Illustrated by Typical by Louis Figuier (1870)
"The desmans are specially organised for an aquatic existence. ... The desmans
live on the banks of lakes and rivers ; they pursue Insects, Molluscs, Frogs, ..."
4. Dictionnaire encyclopédique des sciences médicales by Amédée Dechambre (1883)
"À. D. Les desmans sont des Mammifères de l'ordre des Insectivores (voy. ce mot)
qui, après avoir été confondus pendant un certain temps soit avec des ..."
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