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Definition of Elagatis
1. Noun. A genus of Carangidae.
Exact synonyms: Genus Elagatis
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Carangidae, Family Carangidae
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Carangidae, Family Carangidae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elagatis
Literary usage of Elagatis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Osteology of Certain Scombroid Fishes by Edwin Chapin Starks (1911)
"The cranium of Elagatis is more depressed than any other of these forms, ...
In all of these, especially Seriola and Elagatis, the middle portion of the ..."
2. The Cruise of the "Cachalot": Round the World After Sperm Whales by Frank Thomas Bullen (1898)
"... first inch by inch, then more rapidly, till raised in triumph above the
gunwale—a yellow-tail six feet long. I have caught this splendid fish (Elagatis ..."
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