Definition of Genus Trionyx

1. Noun. Type genus of the Trionychidae.

Exact synonyms: Trionyx
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Family Trionychidae, Trionychidae
Member holonyms: Spiny Softshell, Trionyx Spiniferus, Smooth Softshell, Trionyx Muticus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Trionyx

genus Trichophyton
genus Trichostema
genus Trichostigma
genus Trichosurus
genus Trichys
genus Tridacna
genus Trifolium
genus Triga
genus Triglochin
genus Trigonella
genus Trilisa
genus Trillium
genus Trimorphodon
genus Trinectes
genus Tringa
genus Trionyx (current term)
genus Triops
genus Triostium
genus Triplochiton
genus Triticum
genus Triturus
genus Trogium
genus Troglodytes
genus Trogon
genus Trollius
genus Trombicula
genus Tropaeolum
genus Tropidoclonion
genus Truncocolumella

Literary usage of Genus Trionyx

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

1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1893)
"In 1830 Wagler* divided the genus Trionyx Geoffr. into two genera— ... One year later, in 1831, Gray f divides also the genus Trionyx Geoffroy in two ..."

2. Descriptive Catalogue of the Fossil Organic Remains of Reptilia and Pisces by Museum, Royal College of Surgeons of England (1854)
"Presented by Searles Wood, Esq., FGS genus Trionyx. 287. The extremity of the mandible of a Chelonian reptile, probably of the genus Trionyx. ..."

3. Maryland Geological Survey by Maryland Geological Survey (1901)
"Fragments of costals with tuberculated and ridged surfaces, characteristic of the genus Trionyx. The longitudinal ridges are prominent, at times irregular ..."

4. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1901)
"Fragments of costals with tuberculated and ridged surfaces, characteristic of the genus Trionyx. The longitudinal ridges are prominent, at times irregular ..."

5. Magazine of Zoology and Botany by Prideaux John Selby, George Johnston, William Jardine (1837)
"... but this vast continent at the same time maintains only a single species of the genus Trionyx, confined apparently to the southern parts of the United ..."

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