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Definition of Coregonidae
1. Noun. Soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family Salmonidae.
Exact synonyms: Family Coregonidae
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Isospondyli, Order Isospondyli
Member holonyms: Whitefish, Coregonus, Genus Coregonus, Genus Prosopium, Prosopium
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Isospondyli, Order Isospondyli
Member holonyms: Whitefish, Coregonus, Genus Coregonus, Genus Prosopium, Prosopium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coregonidae
Literary usage of Coregonidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"... to his gillnets, set some eighteen or twenty miles out from that city, he had
a good opportunity to observe and secure specimens of Coregonidae. ..."
2. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collectionsby Smithsonian Institution by Smithsonian Institution (1874)
"Coregonidae, Cope, Tr. Am. Ph. Soc., xiv, 455. (G. vi, 1.) Salmonidae, Cope, Tr.
Am. Ph. Soc., xiv, 455. (G. vi, 1. ..."
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