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Definition of Engraulis
1. Noun. Type genus of the family Engraulidae.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Member holonyms: Engraulis Encrasicholus, Mediterranean Anchovy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Engraulis
Literary usage of Engraulis
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 (1868)
"engraulis. Clupea, sp., ct Stolephorus, ... engraulis, Cne. Si Val. Body oblong,
compressed. Scales large or of moderate size. Snout more or less conical, ..."
2. The Entertaining Naturalist: Being Popular Descriptions, Tales, and by Loudon (Jane) (1850)
"(engraulis encrasicolus.) LIKE the herring and sprat, these fish leave the depths
of the open sea, in order to frequent the smooth and shallow places of the ..."
3. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"They are small in size and weak in muscle, found in all warm seas, 'and making
a large part of the food of the larger fish. The genus engraulis includes the ..."
4. American Fishes: A Popular Treatise Upon the Game and Food Fishes of North by George Brown Goode, Theodore Gill (1903)
"engraulis mordax : California Anchovy. (Stolephorus ringens, p. 408. ...
engraulis compressus. (Stolephorus compressus, p. 447. ..."
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