Definition of Genus Squalus

1. Noun. Spiny dogfishes.

Exact synonyms: Squalus
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Squalidae, Squalidae
Member holonyms: Atlantic Spiny Dogfish, Squalus Acanthias, Pacific Spiny Dogfish, Squalus Suckleyi

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Squalus

genus Spinacia
genus Spinus
genus Spiraea
genus Spiranthes
genus Spirillum
genus Spirochaeta
genus Spirodela
genus Spirogyra
genus Spirula
genus Spizella
genus Spodoptera
genus Spondias
genus Sporobolus
genus Spraguea
genus Spyeria
genus Squalus (current term)
genus Squatina
genus Squilla
genus Stachys
genus Stanhopea
genus Stanleya
genus Stapelia
genus Staphylea
genus Staphylococcus
genus Staurikosaurus
genus Steatornis
genus Steganopus
genus Stegosaurus
genus Stelis
genus Stellaria

Literary usage of Genus Squalus

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

1. Elements of medical zoology by Alfred Moquin-Tandon, Robert Thomas Hulme (1861)
"The genus Squalus contains a large number of species, all of which are distinguished by the length of their bodies, and by the possession of a large ..."

2. The Genera of Fishes ...: A Contribution to the Stability of Scientific by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1917)
"LEACH, Observations on the genus SQUALUS, 1812. WILLIAM E. LEACH. Mustelus Leach, 62; type SQUALUS MUSTELUS L. LXXVII. ..."

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