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Definition of Microstomus
1. Noun. A genus of Pleuronectidae.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Pleuronectidae, Pleuronectidae
Member holonyms: Lemon Sole, Microstomus Kitt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Microstomus
Literary usage of Microstomus
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 (1866)
"... scales and much longer snout, the maxillary extending not so far backwards as
in the other species. 3. Coregonus microstomus. Salmo microstomus, Pall. ..."
2. General Pathology: Or the Science of the Causes, Nature and Course of the by Ernst Ziegler (1903)
"... microstomus opened by a frontal section (seen from behind), a. Skin and
subcutaneous tissue; it, ..."
3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"On the other hand, a prominent spine has been attributed in one place to Microstomus,
and denied in another ; the latter view is sustained by naturalists ..."