Definition of Menticirrhus undulatus

1. Noun. Bluish-grey whiting of California coast.

Exact synonyms: Corbina
Generic synonyms: Whiting

Lexicographical Neighbors of Menticirrhus Undulatus

Mensans
Menshevik
Mentha aquatica
Mentha arvensis
Mentha citrata
Mentha longifolia
Mentha piperita
Mentha pulegium
Mentha rotundifolia
Mentha spicata
Mentha suaveolens
Menticirrhus
Menticirrhus americanus
Menticirrhus littoralis
Menticirrhus saxatilis
Menticirrhus undulatus
Mentor
Mentzelia
Mentzelia laevicaulis
Mentzelia lindleyi
Mentzelia livicaulis
Menuhin
Menura
Menurae
Menuridae
Menyanthaceae
Menyanthes trifoliata
Menziesia
Menziesia ferruginea
Menziesia pilosa

Literary usage of Menticirrhus undulatus

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

1. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"Mazatlan. littoralis the surf-whiting. The California whiting or sand- sucker is menticirrhus undulatus. ..."

2. The Penal Code of the State of California: Adopted February 14, 1872, with by California, James Henry Deering, Charles Howard Fairall (1915)
"... sells, offers, or exposes for sale any California whiting (Menticirrhus undulatus), also known as surf fish, or any yellow-fin or any spot-fin croaker; ..."

3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"A dusky gray fish (menticirrhus undulatus) related to the Eastern kingfish, and common along the sandy coasts of southern California, ..."

4. The Codes of California as Amended and in Force at the Close of the Forty by California (1915)
"... every person who, at any time within the period of five years, buys, sells, offers, or exposes for sale any California whiting (menticirrhus undulatus), ..."

5. The Call of the Surf by Van Campen Heilner, Frank Stick (1920)
""Another fish sometimes called 'surf fish' is the California whiting—Menticirrhus undulatus— a fish greatly resembling the kingfish of the New Jersey ..."

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