ARISTOTLE 



759 b 



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" e.g., erythrinus and channa (below, 760 a 9) ; see also 

 762 b 23, and H.A. 569 a 17, 570 a 2 {cestreus and eel). 



* See above, 759 b 4. They are as much male as female ; 

 hence it is not irregular for them to possess a sting. 

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