Definition of Genus Sillago

1. Noun. Type genus of the Sillaginidae.

Exact synonyms: Sillago
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Sillaginidae, Sillaginidae
Member holonyms: Whiting

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Sillago

genus Sesamum
genus Sesbania
genus Seseli
genus Setaria
genus Setophaga
genus Shigella
genus Shorea
genus Shortia
genus Sialia
genus Sialis
genus Sida
genus Sidalcea
genus Sideritis
genus Sigmodon
genus Silene
genus Sillago (current term)
genus Silphium
genus Silurus
genus Silvia
genus Silybum
genus Simarouba
genus Simulium
genus Sinanthropus
genus Sinapis
genus Sinningia
genus Sinornis
genus Siren
genus Sison
genus Sistrurus
genus Sisymbrium

Literary usage of Genus Sillago

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

1. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"Four species of the fish of the genus Sillago are called Whiting in Australia (see quotation). The New Zealand Whiting is ..."

2. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1881)
"... pectorals yellow, with several narrow crimson lines of spots; eye yellow. Bass's Straits (one specimen, Castelnau). Genus SILLAGO, Cuv. ..."

3. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1887)
"... which follow, have a fine slender form, a good flavour, and a pretty name; for two or three of their genus Sillago are known in India as "lady fishes/' ..."

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