On the Gait of Animals - IntraText CT - Concordances: «tail»

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Alphabetical [« »] swimming 10 swing 1 t 2 tail 11 tail-fin 1 tails 1 take 7	Frequency [« »] 11 first 11 leading 11 still 11 tail 11 walk 10 after 10 behind	Aristotle On the Gait of Animals IntraText - Concordances tail

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 1 7 |       in the part towards the tail the two hinder points. They
 2 10|       In winged creatures the tail serves, like a ship’s rudder,
 3 10|      thing in its course. The tail then must like other limbs
 4 10|    insects have absolutely no tail, and so drift along like
 5 10|    not made for flight have a tail that is of no use; for instance
 6 10|    feet as a substitute for a tail, and use their legs instead
 7 10|       their legs instead of a tail to direct their flight.
 8 10|    Among birds, the peacock’s tail is at one time useless because
 9 17| elongated, and they haven’t a tail like the crayfish; a tail
10 17|     tail like the crayfish; a tail is useful to the crayfish
11 18| pectorals. Birds, too, have a tail and fish a tail-fin.~