# De partibus animalium 11.6

Aristotle, De partibus animalium, Δ., Chapter 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/11.6

τῶν δὲ τετραπόδων 6 καὶ ᾠοτόκων οἱ σαῦροι, ὥσπερ οἱ ὄφεις, δικρόαν ἔχουσι τὴν γλῶτταν καὶ ἐπʼ ἄκρου τριχώδη πάμπαν, καθάπερ εἴρηται πρότερον. ἔχουσι δὲ καὶ αί φῶκαιδικρόαν τὴν γλῶτταν· διὸ καὶ λίχνα πάντα τὰ ζῷά ἐστι ταῦτα. ἔστι δὲ καὶ καρχαρόδοντα τὰ τετράποδα τῶν ᾠοτόκων, ὥσπερ οἱ ίχθύες. τὰ δʼ αἰσθητήρια πάντα ὁμοίως ἔχουσι τοῖς ἄλίοις ζῴοις, οἷον τῆς ὀσφρήσεως μυκτῆρας καὶ ὄψεως ὀφθαλμοὺς καὶ ἀκοῆς ὦτα, πλὴν οὐκ ἐπανεστηκότα, καθάπερ οὐδʼ οἱ ὄρνιθες, ἀλλὰ τὸν πόρον μόνον.

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Aristotle, De partibus animalium, ed. Bernhard Langkavel. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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