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But there are many others which give variety and impart beauty to these tide-pools.

From Glaucus, or the Wonders of the Shore by Kingsley, Charles

This is another Tubularian, covering the surface of rocks in tide-pools, or attaching itself upon shells inhabited by hermit crabs.

From Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. by Agassiz, Alexander

Jerry dodged out into the rain through the tide-pools and came back after a while with some water.

From Us and the Bottleman by Price, Edith Ballinger

Now let us deliberately pass by all the attractions of the middle zone of tide-pools and on as far as the lowest level of the water will admit.

From The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year by Beebe, William

Down the coast of Alaska, usually in sphagnum bogs, on sand-dunes, in tide-pools and deep swamps to Cape Mendocino, the indomitable, altogether-admirable scrub pine holds its own against cold, salt air and biting arctic blasts.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen