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Definition of Polyodon spathula

1. Noun. Primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyodon Spathula

Literary usage of Polyodon spathula

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

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1907)
"OBSERVATIONS ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF Polyodon spathula CHARLES R. STOCKARD DURING the ... This order comprises only two species, Polyodon spathula and ..."

2. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"Paddle-fish, Polyodon spathula (Walbaum). Ohio River. serve to strain the food ... The single American species, Polyodon spathula, abounds through the ..."

3. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"Polyodon spathula (Walbaum). Ohio River. serve to strain the food (worms, leeches, ... The single American species, Polyodon spathula, abounds through the ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"Downey : " The Lymphatic Tissue of the Kidney of Polyodon spathula." UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Franklin Davis Barker: "The Trematode Genua ..."

5. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"The spoonbill sturgeon or paddle-fish, Polyodon spathula, ventral and side view. (From Dean, after Goode.) fian, is good to eat, but its roe, ..."

6. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"... in addition to the foregoing family characters. (Polyodon, many-toothed.) 25. Polyodon spathula (Walbaum). Paddle-fish; Spoon-billed Oat-fish. ..."

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