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the eight regions namely Arca lactea
Only two species of Mollusca are common to all the eight regions, namely, Arca lactea and Cerithium lima .
— from Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

the ear resembled not a little
These barbaric trinkets, garnished in this manner at their open extremities, and tapering and curving round to a point behind the ear, resembled not a little a pair of cornucopias.
— from Typee: A Romance of the South Seas by Herman Melville

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