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Definition of Cambarus
1. Noun. A genus of Astacidae.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Astacidae, Astacura, Family Astacidae
Member holonyms: American Crayfish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cambarus
Literary usage of Cambarus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monograph of the North American Astacidae by Hermann August Hagen (1870)
"Indeed, the fact is too striking to be overlooked ; here there are few species
and many varieties, there many species and few varieties. cambarus ERICH. ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1901)
"126) calls the shape of the body " subcylindrical," and says that it resembles
that of cambarus. I cannot concur with him in this opinion; the form of the ..."
3. Elementary Zoology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1901)
"THE CRAYFISH (cambarus sp.) Structure.—The structure of the crayfish has been
already studied (see Chapter IV and figs. 3 and 4). Life-history and habits. ..."
4. The Animals and Man: An Elementary Textbook of Zoology and Human Physiology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Mary Isabel McCracken (1911)
"... IV THE CRAYFISH (cambarus sp.) TECHNICAL NOTE.—The crayfish, or crawfish, is
found in most of the fresh-water ponds and streams of the United States. ..."
5. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"Section of cambarus propinquus Girard 1852. About ten species belong here, but
some of them arc mere local races. The most important ones are C. ..."
6. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1915)
"Two genera are concerned, cambarus of the eastern Sonoran region, ... In his
discussion of the genus cambarus Ortmann states that the more primitive forms ..."
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