Definition of Scombresox

1. Noun. A genus of Scomberesocidae.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Scombresox

Scolytidae
Scolytus
Scolytus multistriatus
Scomber colias
Scomber japonicus
Scomber scombrus
Scomberesocidae
Scomberesox
Scomberesox saurus
Scomberomorus
Scomberomorus cavalla
Scomberomorus maculatus
Scomberomorus regalis
Scomberomorus sierra
Scombresocidae
Scombresox (current term)
Scombridae
Scombroidea
Scone
Sconnie
Scooby
Scooby-Doo
Scooby gang
Scooby snack
Scooby snacks
Scopes
Scopes trial
Scophthalmus
Scophthalmus aquosus
Scophthalmus rhombus

Literary usage of Scombresox

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 (1866)
"Scombresox scutellatus, Cuv. If Vol. xviii. p. 477. B.13. D. 10-11+V-VI. A. 13+VI-VII. P. 12. V.6. L. lat. 110. Lower jaw longer than the upper. ..."

2. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"Scombresox saurus. A species of the open sea, going in immense schools and preyed on by mackerel, tunny, etc.; rare south of Cspe Cod. ..."

3. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"The single species of Scombresox, S. saurus, is known as the saury, skipper, or bluefish. It is found in temperate parts of the Atlantic, on both coasts, ..."

4. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"The skippers (Scombresox) have slender bodies, pointed jaws, and, ... The common skipper, or saury (Scombresox saurus), is found on both shores of the North ..."

5. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"The skippers (Scombresox) have slender bodies, pointed jaws, r . and, like the mackerel, a number of detached ..."

6. An Introduction to the Study of Fishes by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1880)
"Scombresox, and by a species of Belone in the miocene of Licata. BELONE. ... Scombresox.—Both jaws are prolonged into a long slender beak. ..."

7. The Fisheries of the Adriatic and the Fish Thereof: A Report of the Austro by G. L. Faber (1883)
"Habit. General and common ; attains to a length of twenty inches and above. Season. July to September. Quality. 2. Gen. II. Scombresox, Lac. 306. ..."

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