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“.., τὰ μὲν εἶναι χερσαῖα, τὰ δὲ ἔνυδρα, τὰ δὲ πυριγενῆ. εἶναι δέ τινα καὶ ἐφήμερα καλούμενα, ἃ μίαν μόνην ἡμέραν ζῆν. τὰ δὲ ἀμφίβια εἶναι ὡς τὸν ποτάμιον ἵππον καὶ κροκόδειλον καὶ ἔνυδριν. πάντα τε τὰ ζῷα δύο ἡγεμόνας ἔχειν πόδας, καρκίνον δέ τέσσαρας, ὅσα δ᾽ ἔναιμά ἐστι, φησί, τῶν ζῴων ἢ ἄποδά ἐστιν ἢ δίποδα ἢ τετράποδα, ὅσα δὲ τῶν τεσσάρων πλείονας ἔχει πόδας ἄναιμά ἐστι. διὸ καὶ πάντα τὰ κινούμενα τέτταρσι σημείοις κινεῖται: ἄνθρωπος μὲν β᾽ ποσὶ καὶ β᾽ χερσίν, ὄρνις δὲ β᾽ ποσὶ καὶ β᾽ πτέρυξιν, ἔγχελυς καὶ γόγγρος δύο πτερυγίοις καὶ δύο
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