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9.77 CHAP. 77. (52.)—FISHES WHICH HAVE A WOMB; THOSE WHICH IMPREGNATE THEMSELVES.

The fishes called the ervthinus [Note] and the channe [Note] are said to

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have a womb; and those which by the Greeks are called trochi, [Note] it is said, impregnate themselves. The young of all aquatic animals are without sight at their birth. [Note]



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