. Chambers's encyclopedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people. a cubic iuch. When the parent 0. expels theyonng, and this is done sinmltaneously by multi-tudes on an oj-ster-bank, the water becomes filledas with a thick cloud, and the spawn—calledspal by fishermen—is wafted away by currents ;the greater part, of course, to be generally lost, bybeing driven to unsuitable situations, as exposedrocks, muddy ground, or sand to which it cannotadhere, or to be devoured by fishes and other marineanimals, but some to find an object to which itcan attach itself for Ufe. The young come f
. Chambers's encyclopedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people. a cubic iuch. When the parent 0. expels theyonng, and this is done sinmltaneously by multi-tudes on an oj-ster-bank, the water becomes filledas with a thick cloud, and the spawn—calledspal by fishermen—is wafted away by currents ;the greater part, of course, to be generally lost, bybeing driven to unsuitable situations, as exposedrocks, muddy ground, or sand to which it cannotadhere, or to be devoured by fishes and other marineanimals, but some to find an object to which itcan attach itself for Ufe. The young come forthfurnished watli a temporary organ for swimming,ciliated, and provided with powerful muscles forextending it beyond the valves and withdrawingit at pleasure; aul when the 0. has become fixedin its permanent place of abode, this organ, beingno longer of any use, has been supposed to dropoff, or gradually to dwindle away and Dr F. Buckland has recently expressed theopinion, that the swimming organ of the youngoyster is the lungs, and remains as the lungs.
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