All 10 Uses of
myriad
in
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
- More intense than on land, more abundant, more infinite, such life blooms in every part of this ocean, an element fatal to man, they say, but vital to myriads of animals—and to me!†
Chpt 1 *
- I rushed to the window and saw crusts of coral: fungus coral, siphonula coral, alcyon coral, sea anemone from the genus Caryophylia, plus myriads of charming fish including greenfish, damselfish, sweepers, snappers, and squirrelfish; underneath this coral covering I detected some rubble the old dredges hadn't been able to tear free—iron stirrups, anchors, cannons, shells, tackle from a capstan, a stempost, all objects hailing from the wrecked ships and now carpeted in moving flowers.†
Chpt 1
- This effect was caused by myriads of tiny, luminous animals whose brightness increased when they glided over the metal hull of our submersible.†
Chpt 1
- myriads of leaping blennies with black stripes and long pectoral fins, gliding over the surface of the water with prodigious speed;†
Chpt 2
- No, my boy, and this whiteness that amazes you is merely due to the presence of myriads of tiny creatures called infusoria, a sort of diminutive glowworm that's colorless and gelatinous in appearance, as thick as a strand of hair, and no longer than one—fifth of a millimeter.†
Chpt 2
- Barely a few sparse floes, some moving icebergs; a sea stretching into the distance; hosts of birds in the air and myriads of fish under the waters, which varied from intense blue to olive green depending on the depth.†
Chpt 2
- I also saw myriads of those northernmost sea butterflies three centimeters long, which a baleen whale can swallow by the thousands in one gulp.†
Chpt 2
- There as yonder, myriads of birds enlivened this part of the polar continent.†
Chpt 2
- The sparkles from these myriads of diamonds were merging with each other.†
Chpt 2
- It served as both nest and nourishment for myriads of crustaceans and mollusks, for crabs and cuttlefish.†
Chpt 2
Definition:
a very large number -- often of things that are not identical