Definition of Mustelus

1. Noun. Smooth dogfishes.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Mustelus

Mustafas
Mustagh
Mustagh Range
Mustapha
Mustard operation
Mustard procedure
Mustela
Mustela erminea
Mustela frenata
Mustela nigripes
Mustela nivalis
Mustela putorius
Mustela rixosa
Mustela vison
Mustelidae
Mustelus (current term)
Mustelus canis
Mustelus mustelus
Mustelus norrisi
Mustique
Mutamycin
Mutawa
Mutawa'een
Muth-labben
Muthammani
Muthammanis
Mutillidae
Mutinus
Mutinus caninus
Mutsuhito

Literary usage of Mustelus

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

1. Reports of Explorations and Surveys: To Ascertain the Most Practicable and by United States War Dept, Joseph Henry, United States Army. Corps of Engineers, Spencer Fullerton Baird (1855)
"A species has recently been found along the Pacific coast, about the bay of San Francisco, and described under the name of Mustelus FELIS, Ayres, ..."

2. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1899)
"eyelid-muscles of Mustelus, and Allis (1) has recorded some observations on the same ... The muscles of the spiracle and eyelids of Mustelus are shown ..."

3. The Genera of Fishes ...: A Contribution to the Stability of Scientific by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1917)
"The specific name Mustelus should remain with that species. ... But if the name Mustelus Valmont be accepted, its type must be the dog-fish with round spots ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1909)
"Upon comparison with other examples from our Atlantic coast, and the types of Mustelus equestris Bonaparte (= Mustelus mustelus"), I find no difference ..."

5. Reports of Explorations and Surveys: To Ascertain the Most Practicable and by United States War Dept, Joseph Henry, United States Army. Corps of Engineers, Spencer Fullerton Baird (1855)
"A species has recently been found along the Pacific coast, about the bay of San Francisco, and described under the name of Mustelus FELIS, Ayres, ..."

6. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1899)
"eyelid-muscles of Mustelus, and Allis (1) has recorded some observations on the same ... The muscles of the spiracle and eyelids of Mustelus are shown ..."

7. The Genera of Fishes ...: A Contribution to the Stability of Scientific by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1917)
"The specific name Mustelus should remain with that species. ... But if the name Mustelus Valmont be accepted, its type must be the dog-fish with round spots ..."

8. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1909)
"Upon comparison with other examples from our Atlantic coast, and the types of Mustelus equestris Bonaparte (= Mustelus mustelus"), I find no difference ..."

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