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Definition of Molva
1. Noun. Ling.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Gadidae, Gadidae
Member holonyms: Ling, Molva Molva
Lexicographical Neighbors of Molva
Literary usage of Molva
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Entertaining Naturalist: Being Popular Descriptions, Tales, and by Loudon (Jane) (1850)
"The Whiting is found on the coasts of England, and is in its proper season from
August to February. THE LING (Gadus molva) Is from three to four feet in ..."
2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"Greenland representatives of this genus have been identified by European naturalists
with their Molva vulgaris. I am net acquainted with the Amer- can type, ..."
3. A Bibliography of Fishes by Bashford Dean, Eugene Willis Gudger, American Museum of Natural History, Arthur Wilbur Henn (1917)
"... of the lings (Molva molva Linn, and Molva ... raninus Linn, and Molva elongate.
Risso) Medd. Komm. ..."
4. A manual of British vertebrate animals: Or Descriptions of All the Animals by Leonard Jenyns (1835)
"L. Molva, Nob. (Ling.)—Above gray, inclining to olive ; beneath silvery : upper
jaw longest. ... Molva vul- garis, Flem. Brit. An. p. 192. Ling, Perm. Brit. ..."
5. The Saints of Erin: Legendary History of Ireland by L. Tachet De Barneval (1857)
"If I cannot see Rome, I shall surely die," replied Molva. ... Meanwhile, it seemed
to Molva that he was at Rome, fulfilling his vow in the church of the ..."
6. Ancient Irish Histories: The Works of Spencer, Campion, Hanmer, and by James Ware, Edmund Spenser, Edmund Campion, Meredith Hanmer, Henry (1809)
"He is said to have wrought many wonders, and if the reader laugh not, I will
penne him one. Molva in an evening among the cat- tell of his ..."
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