Definition of Microstomus

1. Noun. A genus of Pleuronectidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Microstomus
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Pleuronectidae, Pleuronectidae
Member holonyms: Lemon Sole, Microstomus Kitt

Lexicographical Neighbors of Microstomus

Microsofts
Microsorium
Microsorium punctatum
Microspeak
Microsporasida
Microsporum audouinii
Microsporum canis
Microsporum canis distortum
Microsporum ferrugineum
Microsporum fulvum
Microsporum gallinae
Microsporum gypseum
Microsporum nanum
Microsporum persicolor
Microsporum vanbreuseghemi
Microstomus (current term)
Microstomus kitt
Microstrobos
Microstrobos niphophilus
Microtrombidium
Microtus
Microtus ochrogaster
Microtus pennsylvaticus
Microtus richardsoni
Microviridae
Micruroides
Micruroides euryxanthus
Micrurus
Micrurus fulvius
Mid-Atlantic

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 ..."

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