Definition of Stizostedion

1. Noun. Pike-perches.

Exact synonyms: Genus Stizostedion
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Percidae, Percidae
Member holonyms: Pike Perch, Pike-perch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stizostedion

Still's murmur
Still's murmurs
Stillson wrench
Stillsons
Stillwater
Stilton
Stilwell
Stinger
Stingers
Stink Face
Stirling
Stirling engine
Stizidae
Stizolobium
Stizolobium deeringiana
Stizostedion
Stizostedion vitreum
Stobie pole
Stobie poles
Stockholm
Stockholm effect
Stockholm syndrome
Stockholmer
Stockholmers
Stockport
Stockton
Stoddard
Stoddard solvent
Stoic
Stoick

Literary usage of Stizostedion

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

1. Reports of Explorations and Surveys: To Ascertain the Most Practicable and by United States War Dept, Joseph Henry, United States Army. Corps of Engineers, Spencer Fullerton Baird (1855)
"It is to be regretted that such a handsome name as Lucioperca should be superceded by that of stizostedion. This genus includes fishes of voracious habits, ..."

2. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
"THE SAUCER (stizostedion canadense) The sauger was first described by CH Smith, in 1834, who named it canadensis, from having collected his type specimens ..."

3. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
"THE PIKE-PERCH (stizostedion vitreum) The pike-perch or wall-eye was first described by Dr. Mitchill in 1818, from Cayuga Lake, New York. ..."

4. Bass, Pike, Perch and Other Game Fishes of America by James Alexander Henshall (1919)
"THE SAUGER (stizostedion canadense) The sauger was first described by CH Smith, in 1834, who named it canadensis, from having collected his type specimens ..."

5. The Chemical Composition and Nutritive Values of Food-fishes and Aquatic by Wilbur Olin Atwater (1891)
"Fr., Perche; Ger., Barsch. Nos. 127, 208. stizostedion vitreum (Mitch. ... stizostedion canadense (Smith) Jor.; Lucioperca canadensis Giinther. ..."

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