"Avian" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... persistent gill-slit. No gills ever develop in these, but the great arteries run to them, and indeed to all parts of the embryo, on almost precisely the same general plan as in the adult fish. Only later is the definite avian circulation gradually acquired. ...
— The Whence and the Whither of Man • John Mason Tyler
... head too little for his body, nose like a beak, sunken mouth, cavernous eyes, and a light hat perched on the back of his narrow head he suggested a languid, tame, bald-headed eagle. And his voice was a dry, nasal, querulous squawk—a sound more avian than human. ...
— The Landloper - The Romance Of A Man On Foot • Holman Day |
