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Definition of Hemitripterus

1. Noun. Sea ravens.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hemitripterus

Literary usage of Hemitripterus

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

1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"Hemitripterus, Cuv. The head depressed, and two dorsals as in Cottus; no regular scales on the skin, but teeth in the palate. ..."

2. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1860)
"Presented by Sir J. Richardson.—Type of the species. 20. Hemitripterus. ... Atlantic shores of Northern America. 1. Hemitripterus ..."

3. Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and by Joseph Henry, Spencer Fullerton Baird, United States War Dept, United States Army. Corps of Engineers (1855)
"This genus is very closely allied to Hemitripterus, having, like the latter, teeth upon the vomer and palatines, as well as upon the jaws. ..."

4. Memoirs by American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Southern California Academy of Sciences, New York Academy of Sciences (1855)
"Hemitripterus, Cuv. The head depressed; two dorsals, as in Cottus; no regular scales on the skin, but teeth in the palates. The head is bristly and spinous, ..."

5. The Story of the Fishes by George Robert Charles Herbert Pembroke, James Newton Baskett, George Henry Kingsley (1899)
"Sea-raven or deep-sea sculpin (Hemitripterus hispidus). ... the plain gurnards (Prionotus), and the sculpin (Hemitripterus ameri- canus) are often called ..."

6. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"Sea raven, Hemitripterus americanus (Gmelin). Halifax, Nova Scotia. pools is ... and Hemitripterus (americanus), the sea-raven, among the most fantastic. ..."

7. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1874)
"... more closely united to the true Cot- tidse, represented by Cottus and Hemitripterus, ... as shown by its skeleton, with Cottus and Hemitripterus as with ..."

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