More mean-spirited

Usage examples of smaller.

It differs from the next species by a small projecting tooth on the inner margin of the ear conch, by the smaller size of the first upper premolar, and by the colour.

I have, I think, procured them on the Satpura range some years ago, but I cannot speak positively to the fact at this lapse of time, as I had not then devoted much attention to the smaller mammalia, and it is possible that my supposed moles were a species of shrew.

The Indian form of Wolverene is a slighter and much smaller animal, with a still more weasel-like appearance.

They are most sanguinary in their habits, and their agility is great, so on the whole they are most formidable to many animals, not only smaller, but in many cases four times their own size.

The tail of a skeleton of a much smaller tiger in the museum measures 3 ft.

They present the same characteristics, although Jerdon states that the black is the smaller animal.

The one is a higher, longer animal, with smooth shiny hair of a light golden fulvous, the spots being clear and well defined, but, as is remarked by Sir Walter Elliot, the strongest difference of character is in the skulls, those of the larger pard being longer and more pointed, with a ridge running along the occiput, much developed for the attachment of the muscles, whereas the smaller pard has not only a rougher coat, the spots being more blurred, but it is comparatively a more squat built animal, with a rounder skull without the decided occipital ridge.

European wild-cat, was first discovered by Pallas, who, however, has left little on record concerning its habits beyond that it is found in woody rocky countries preying on the smaller quadrupeds.

In those parts where it abounds it is very destructive to small game, such as gazelles, the smaller deer and hares.

They were a pair, and in all probability the parents of the two smaller ones.

From the richness of its colouring, the elegance of its shape, and the agility of its movements, it is one of the most beautiful and interesting of our smaller mammals.

I got it whilst on active service during the Indian Mutiny, when it was a wee thing, smaller than a rat.

It hesitates not to attack the largest sperm and Greenland whales, and the smaller whales, porpoises and seals will spring out of water and strand themselves on shore in terror at its approach.

Haast supposes, be a ground feeder, existing on the smaller hydroid zoophytes, otherwise it must, I think, turn on its side in seizing its prey.

The lower one is a small segment of a large circle, the upper one is the reverse, being a larger segment of a smaller circle.