Definition of Hexagrammos

1. Noun. Type genus of the Hexagrammidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Hexagrammos
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Hexagrammidae, Hexagrammidae
Member holonyms: Hexagrammos Decagrammus, Kelp Greenling

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hexagrammos

Hew
Hewat
Hewes
Hewetson
Hewett
Hewison
Hewitson
Hewitt
Hewkin
Hewlett
Hews
Hewson
Hexadnovirus
Hexadrol
Hexagrammidae
Hexagrammos (current term)
Hexagrammos decagrammus
Hexalectris
Hexalectris spicata
Hexalectris warnockii
Hexamita
Hexanchidae
Hexanchus
Hexanchus griseus
Hexapla
Hexaplas
Hexateuch
Hey
Hey's amputation
Hey's hernia

Literary usage of Hexagrammos

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"The sexes are quite unlike in color, the males anteriorly blue spots, the females speckled with red or brown. Hexagrammos ..."

2. ... The Blood-vascular System of the Loricati, the Mailcheeked Fishes by William Fitch Allen (1905)
"In Hexagrammos the coeliac branches off from the ... In Hexagrammos only does the intestinal artery,.,) arise from the coeliac as in Ophiodon; ..."

3. Bulletin by United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution (1900)
"Skeleton of Hexagrammos decagrammus 1867 A mail-cheeked tish from northern waters, ... Atkinson from a specimen in LS Jr. Univ. Mns. 677. Hexagrammos ..."

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