Definition of Balistes

1. Noun. Type genus of the Balistidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Balistes
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Balistidae, Family Balistidae
Member holonyms: Balistes Vetula, Bessy Cerca, Oldwench, Oldwife, Queen Triggerfish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Balistes

Baldwins
Baldy's operation
Balearic
Balearic Islands
Balearic Sea
Balearics
Balenciaga
Baleswar
Balfour
Bali
Bali tiger
Bali tigers
Balinese
Balinesian
Balint's syndrome
Balistes
Balistes vetula
Balistidae
Balkan
Balkan Mountain Range
Balkan Mountains
Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Romani
Balkan Wars
Balkan beam
Balkan country
Balkan frame
Balkan nation
Balkan splint
Balkan state

Literary usage of Balistes

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

1. The Fishes of Zanzibar: Acanthopterygii by Robert Lambert Playfair, Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1866)
"Eed Sea. East-Indian archipelago. Réunion. balistes, L. 456. balistes ... 2, and NW Fische, p. 60. Zanzibar. Eed Sea. 457. balistes frenatus. [88. ..."

2. Spolia Zeylanica by Colombo Museum, National Museums of Sri Lanka, National Museums of Ceylon (1908)
"These combined facts led to the original idea that balistes might be an intermediate host of the pearl-inducing worm, although later Shipley and Hornell ..."

3. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1829)
"Ventral, anal, dorsal, and caudal fins, with small black spots. Fig. 138. is about one tenth of the length of thefish.— balistes aculeatus var. viridis. ..."

4. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1883)
"17. fig. 2. '• Baru-Baru " of the natives. 252. balistes FUSCUS, Bl. ... balistes ACULEATUS, L. ..."

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