Definition of Genus hexanchus

1. Noun. A genus of Hexanchidae.

Exact synonyms: Hexanchus
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Hexanchidae, Hexanchidae
Member holonyms: Cow Shark, Hexanchus Griseus, Six-gilled Shark

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Hexanchus

genus Herpestes
genus Herrerasaurus
genus Hesperiphona
genus Hesperis
genus Heteranthera
genus Heterocephalus
genus Heterodon
genus Heteromeles
genus Heteroscelus
genus Heterotheca
genus Heuchera
genus Hevea
genus Hexagrammos
genus Hexalectris
genus Hexamita
genus Hexanchus
genus Hibbertia
genus Hibiscus
genus Hieracium
genus Himantoglossum
genus Himantopus
genus Hippeastrum
genus Hippobosca
genus Hippocampus
genus Hippocrepis
genus Hippodamia
genus Hippoglossoides
genus Hippoglossus
genus Hippopotamus
genus Hipposideros

Literary usage of Genus hexanchus

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

1. On the Natural History and Classification of Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles. by William Swainson (1838)
"... we may state that the genus Hexanchus is distinguished by having no second dorsal fin, and that it seems to contain two sub-genera: Hex. ..."

2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1834)
"The teeth are well represented in this figure, but the fish very badly. It is the genus HEXANCHUS, Rafinesque. ..."

3. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"Genus HEXANCHUS Rafinesque. Cow Sharks. In having 6 gill-openings, this genus differs from all other known sharks with the exception of a deep-water form ..."

4. Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and by Joseph Henry, Spencer Fullerton Baird, United States War Dept, United States Army. Corps of Engineers (1855)
"When the branchial apertures are six on either side we have the genus Hexanchus; a* d when seven of them exist, ..."

5. The Fishes of North Carolina by Hugh McCormick Smith (1907)
"Genus HEXANCHUS Rafinesque. Cow Sharks. In having 6 gill-openings, this genus differs from all other known sharks with the exception of a deep-water form ..."

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