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Definition of Leuciscus leuciscus

1. Noun. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leuciscus Leuciscus

Literary usage of Leuciscus leuciscus

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 (1868)
"... the middle of the tail. Mouth generally without barbels. Pharyngeal teeth in a single or double series. 56. LEUCISCUS. Leuciscus, Scardinius ..."

2. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"Other European forms are the roach (Rutilus rutilus), the chub (Leuciscus cephalus), the dace (Leuciscus leuciscus), «, FIG. 298. ..."

3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"... ML. daraus; ultimately connected with Engl. dart, OHG. tart, javelin). A fresh-water fish (Leuciscus leuciscus) of the family ..."

4. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1850)
"... one of the Danube being identical with the one of the other two rivers. The most striking fact, however, occurs in the genus Leuciscus. Leuciscus ..."

5. The Letter of Dr. Diego Alvarez Chanca, Dated 1484 by Diego Alvarez Chanca, Augstine Marcus Fernández de Ybarra (1907)
"Leuciscus leuciscus. 7. Leuciscus agassizii. 8. Phoxinus phoxinus. Minnow. 9. Chondrostoma nastis. io. Hybrid between Leuciscus cephalus and Chondrostoma ..."

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