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Definition of Gadus macrocephalus
1. Noun. Closely related to Atlantic cod.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gadus Macrocephalus
Literary usage of Gadus macrocephalus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"The Alaska cod, gadus macrocephalus, is equally abundant with the Atlantic species,
from which it differs very slightly, the air-bladder or sounds being ..."
2. On the Natural History and Classification of Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles. by William Swainson (1838)
"... type is the gadus macrocephalus of Tilesius (fig. 72.) : 72 the .head is so
enormously large, that it is nearly half the length of the whole fish, ..."
3. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature. by William Clowes and Sons (1884)
"... and in reference to which peculiarity it formerly received the title of Gadus
macrocephalus. In the so-called Speckled-Cod (Gadus punctatus), ..."
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