The Firefly Visual Dictionary.This book is the answer to the complaint, "If I knew how to spell it I wouldn't have to look it up." It is literally a visual dictionary. The only words are the labels on the 6,000 color diagrams and illustrations. Sections are organized by subject, then by specific object. For instance, the human being is divided into man and woman, anatomy, and sense organs Sense organ A structure which is a receptor for external or internal stimulation. A sense organ is often referred to as a receptor organ. External stimuli affect the sensory structures which make up the general cutaneous surface of the body, the exteroceptive , each page containing meticulously me·tic·u·lous adj. 1. Extremely careful and precise. 2. Extremely or excessively concerned with details. [From Latin met labeled drawings of muscles, bones, and organs. The wealth and breadth of the information here is remarkable, with sections on transportation that detail cars and trucks and their components. Plants are dissected dis·sect·ed adj. 1. Botany Divided into many deep, narrow segments: dissected leaves. 2. Geology Cut by irregular valleys and hills. Adj. 1. to their roots. Other sections include science, astronomy, animals, Earth, communications, sports, clothing, and society. Firefly firefly or lightning bug, small, luminescent, carnivorous beetle of the family Lampyridae. Fireflies are well represented in temperate regions, although the majority of species are tropical and subtropical. , 2002, 952 p., color illus., hardcover, $49.95. |
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