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Definition of Albula
1. Noun. Type and sole genus of the family Albulidae.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Albulidae, Family Albulidae
Member holonyms: Albula Vulpes, Bonefish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Albula
Literary usage of Albula
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Switzerland and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and Tyrol: Handbook by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1897)
"From Thusis (Coire) to the Engadine over the albula Pass. ... to Samaden over
the albula 93 fr. 20, with three horse« 126 fr ..."
2. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1866)
"Salmo (Coregonus) albula, L. Syst. Nat. ip 512; and Faun. Suec. p. 353; Retz.
Fauna, p. 349; 'Pall. ... Coregonus albula, -A'i/fW. Skand. Faun. Fisk. p. ..."
3. Symmetrical Masonry Arches: Including Natural Stone, Plain-concrete, and by Malverd Abijah Howe (1906)
"albula Railroad Practice * (gage i m.).—The following dimensions were used in
the construction of a great number of arches on the albula Railroad. ..."