Definition of Scomberesox saurus

1. Noun. Slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters.

Exact synonyms: Billfish, Saury
Generic synonyms: Teleost, Teleost Fish, Teleostan
Group relationships: Genus Scomberesox, Genus Scombresox, Scomberesox, Scombresox

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scomberesox Saurus

Scobey
Scolopacidae
Scolopax
Scolopax rusticola
Scolopendrium nigripes
Scolymus
Scolymus hispanicus
Scolytidae
Scolytus
Scolytus multistriatus
Scomber colias
Scomber japonicus
Scomber scombrus
Scomberesocidae
Scomberesox
Scomberesox saurus (current term)
Scomberomorus
Scomberomorus cavalla
Scomberomorus maculatus
Scomberomorus regalis
Scomberomorus sierra
Scombresocidae
Scombresox
Scombridae
Scombroidea
Scone
Sconnie
Scooby
Scooby-Doo
Scooby gang

Literary usage of Scomberesox saurus

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

1. A manual of British vertebrate animals: Or Descriptions of All the Animals by Leonard Jenyns (1835)
"Faun. p. 105. Neill in Wern. Mem. vol. I. p. 541. Don. Brit. Fish. vol. v. pi. 116. Lacertus vel Saurus, Will. Hist. Pise. p. 232. Scomberesox saurus, Flem. ..."

2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1920)
"... Scomberesox saurus (Walbaum). Newport, RI; Cape Cod, Mass. Three from the Atlantic in the Bonaparte Collection. ..."

3. The Natural History of Ireland by William Thompson, James R. Garrett, George Dickie (1856)
"THE SAURY-PIKE, SAURY, OR SKIPPER, Scomberesox saurus, Flem., Has been taken (but very rarely) on the North and East coasts. Sampson includes it in his ..."

4. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803: Explorations by Early Navigators by Emma Helen Blair, James Alexander Robertson, Edward Gaylord Bourne (1906)
"... or the Scomberesox saurus of Europe and America, both of which feed in large schools and jump from the water to escape their enemies. ..."

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