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Definition of Gasterosteus
1. Noun. Type genus of the family Gasterosteidae.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Gasterosteidae, Gasterosteidae
Member holonyms: Gasterosteus Aculeatus, Three-spined Stickleback, Gasterosteus Pungitius, Ten-spined Stickleback
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gasterosteus
Literary usage of Gasterosteus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1859)
"Cuc. $ Val. iv. p. MO.—Coast and Rivers of Kamtschatka.. Gasterosteus ...
Gasterosteus inconstans, Kirtland, in Boston Journ.Nat. Hist. iii. p. 7. ..."
2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1841)
"Iff the 'Histoire des Poissons'of Cuvier and Valenciennes, the Gasterosteus
aculeatus of Linnaeus is divided into several species. ..."
3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1885)
"<[ Gasterosteus, Girard, Expl. and Surv. for RR Route to Pacific Oc., v. ...
Gasterosteus, Jordan, Man. Vertebrates Northern US, p. 248, 1876. ..."
4. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1907)
"The Sticklebacks of the Pacific Slope have been described under ten specific names.
Of these ten nominal species, four — Gasterosteus ..."
5. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology (1870)
"NOTE ON SOME PECULIAR TUMOURS FOUND ON THE Gasterosteus TRACHURUS. By LAWSON TAIT.
THE conditions of the struggle for existence seem to legislate that ..."
6. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1840)
"The Pilot Fish (Gasterosteus ductor, Linn.)—The average length of this fish is
about six inches, though we took one example in the Pacific which measured ..."
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