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| Title | Bones Volume 47 of Carolina biology readers Volume 47 of Oxford biology readers |
| Author | John Joseph Pritchard |
| Edition | 2, illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1974 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | May 11, 2006 |
| ISBN | 0199141460, 9780199141463 |
| Length | 16 pages |
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