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Definition of Elops
1. Noun. Type genus of the Elopidae: tenpounder.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Elopidae, Family Elopidae
Member holonyms: Elops Saurus, Ladyfish, Tenpounder
Definition of Elops
1. n. A genus of fishes. See Saury.
Definition of Elops
1. ellops [n -ES] - See also: ellops
Medical Definition of Elops
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Elops
Literary usage of Elops
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fishes of Zanzibar by Robert Lambert Playfair, Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1866)
"elops saurus, Cuv. (f Val. xix. p. 865 ; Cantor, Mal. Fish. p. 287. The outer
rays of the caudal fin, forming its upper and lower margin, are strong and ..."
2. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
"... lady-fish and ten- pounder for them, and relegate or ignore the names bone-fish,
bony-fish, and skip-jack. THE TEN-POUNDER (elops saurus) elops saurus. ..."
3. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
"THE TEN-POUNDER (elops saurus) elops saurus. The Ten-pounder. Body elongate,
covered with small, silvery scales; head 4j ; depth 6; eye 4, large; ..."
4. Bass, Pike, Perch and Other Game Fishes of America by James Alexander Henshall (1919)
"THE TEN-POUNDER (elops saurus) elops saurus. The Ten-pounder. Body elongate,
covered with small, silvery scales; head 4j; depth 6; eye 4, large; ..."
5. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"elops, Lin. All the characters of a Megalops, but the dorsal filament wanting,
and the form somewhat more elongated; twenty rays and upwards in the ..."
6. Where, When, and how to Catch Fish on the East Coast of Florida by William H. Gregg, John Gardner (1902)
"tion arose as to which was entitled to the scientific name of " Albula Vulpes,"
and which to that of " elops Saurus." To satisfy my doubts on that subject I ..."
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