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Definition of Rhinoptera
1. Noun. A genus of Myliobatidae.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Myliobatidae, Myliobatidae
Member holonyms: Cow-nosed Ray, Cownose Ray, Rhinoptera Bonasus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhinoptera
Literary usage of Rhinoptera
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1870)
"Jaws of a very large example. Seychelles. Presented by S. Ward, Esq. op.
Dental laminae. 23. Rhinoptera*. Rhinoptera, KuU. Rhinoptera ..."
2. 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)
"Rhinoptera vespertilio, GRD. in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. VIII, 1856, 137 ;
and, in Bost, Jour. Nat. Hist. VI, 1857. Plate xxvi. ..."
3. Materials for the study of variation treated with especial regard to by William Bateson (1894)
"[PART i. occurs in a nearly symmetrical way. This specimen is described as
Rhinoptera polyodon, but it is by no means unlikely that it Fio. 69. ..."
4. Spolia Zeylanica by National Museums of Sri Lanka, National Museums of Ceylon (1908)
"When the infected oysters were eaten by the ray, Rhinoptera javanica, the worm
became adult in the latter fish. A further stage also occurred in the oyster ..."
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