Definition of Triaenodon

1. Noun. A genus of Triakidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Triaenodon
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Triakidae, Triakidae
Member holonyms: Reef Whitetip Shark, Triaenodon Obseus, Whitetip Shark

Lexicographical Neighbors of Triaenodon

Treponemataceae
Tresco
Tresilian's sign
Trevelyan
Trevena
Treves' fold
Trevino
Treviso
Trevithick
Trevor
Trevor's disease
Trewartha
Trey
Treys
TriBeCa
Triaenodon (current term)
Triaenodon obseus
Triakidae
Trialeurodes
Trialeurodes vaporariorum
Triangle
Triangle Pose
Triangulum
Triangulum Australe
Triangulum Galaxy
Triavil
Tribecan
Tribecans

Literary usage of Triaenodon

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

1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1842)
"Triaenodon, Miiller and Henle.—Teeth with a denticle on each side, which on the exterior side of most of those of the lower jaw is double. ..."

2. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1838)
"Teeth as in Triaenodon. Dimple of the tail wanting; the inferior lobe of the caudal fin not distinct. (1 sp.) the Skates. Mustelus. Spiracles large. ..."

3. On the Natural History and Classification of Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles by William Swainson (1838)
"... that, in the absence of further characters, we hardly venture to incorporate it in our present survey. The genera Triaenodon and ..."

4. Red Sea Sharks by Jeremy Stafford-Deitsch (1999)
"IDENTIFICATION: DISTRIBUTION: SIZE: HABITAT: DIET: COMMENTS: WHITETIP REEF SHAF Triaenodon obesus J The apex of the first dorsal fin and the upper lobe of ..."

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