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Definition of Portunus
1. Noun. Type genus of the family Portunidae.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Portunidae, Portunidae
Member holonyms: English Lady Crab, Portunus Puber
Lexicographical Neighbors of Portunus
Literary usage of Portunus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1833)
"... narrowed and truncated behind, whose claws are identical in the two sexes, in
which the tail presents the same number of segments as in portunus, ..."
2. The Mythology of Ancient Greece and Italy by Thomas Keightley (1854)
"... the sea beside Neptunus in Italian mythology is Portunus, who presided over
ports and havens. ... Portunus was perhaps only another name for Neptunus. ..."
3. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1840)
"6, under the name of Portunus sanguinolentus. ... Lupa Forceps, Leach; Portunus
Forceps, Latr.). Length about an inch. Locality— The Antilles. ..."
4. List of the Specimens of Crustacea in the Collection of the British Museum by Adam White (1847)
"From the collections of Col. Montagu and Dr. Leach. Portunus ... Presented by Dr.
Andrew Sinclair, KN Portunus corrugatus, Leach, Edin. Enc. vii. 390. ..."
5. The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic: An Introduction to the by William Warde Fowler (1899)
"But it may be that the original Portunus had 110 immediate connexion either with
river or harbour. We find a curious but mutilated note in the Veronese ..."
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