Definition of Myocastor

1. Noun. A genus of Capromyidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Myocastor
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Capromyidae, Family Capromyidae
Member holonyms: Coypu, Myocastor Coypus, Nutria

Lexicographical Neighbors of Myocastor

Mycteroperca
Mycteroperca bonaci
Myctophidae
Myerscough
Myfanwy
Mykolaiv
Mykonos
Mylanta
Mylar
Myles
Myles Standish
Myliobatidae
Mylitta
Mylodontidae
Mymensingh District
Myocastor (current term)
Myocastor coypus
Myomorpha
Myopus
Myosotis
Myosotis scorpiodes
Myosotis sylvatica
Myotis
Myotis leucifugus
Myotis velifer
Myr
Myra
Myrcia
Myrciaria
Myrciaria cauliflora

Literary usage of Myocastor

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

1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1895)
"As Cuvier, in the year 1800, instituted the genus Fiber for the Muskrat, only the Coypu was left in the genus Myocastor, which thus became its type by ..."

2. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"It is a remarkable fact that the acromion is joined to the rest of the spine of the scapula by a joint. Myocastor, a name which seems to have the rights of ..."

3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1874)
"Myocastor zibethicus, "Kerr's Linn. 1792." Fiber zibethicus, Cuv., RA i. 1817, 172, and of authors. Lemmus zibethicus, Fisch., Syn. 1829, 289. ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"Under the heading of brief notes and exhibition of specimens, Dr. Howard E. Ames referred again to the dorsally placed mammae of the coypu (Myocastor coypu) ..."

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