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Definition of Psetta
1. Noun. A genus of Bothidae.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Bothidae, Family Bothidae
Member holonyms: Psetta Maxima, Turbot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Psetta
Literary usage of Psetta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1890)
"But the word " rhombus," Cuvier says, which ordinarily means the common turbot,
here means the psetta of the Greeks, the Pleuronectes rhombus of ..."
2. The Genera of Fishes ...: A Contribution to the Stability of Scientific by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1917)
"The other nominal species of RHOMBUS are synonyms of the Turbot, Psetta MAXIMA (L.).
... is not acceptable, EUROPUS and Psetta. ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"275) for Psetta (p. 687), and the like. Such are simple enough, but there are
some names which Professor Bridge evidently introduced without knowing what ..."
4. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquitiesby William George Smith, Charles Anthon by William George Smith, Charles Anthon (1870)
"... with the accusative of the thing voted. As to this?, ace Schumann, De Com., 123.
•Psetta (i^rra), a species of fish, mentioned by ..."
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