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Definition of Genus Aetobatus
1. Noun. A genus of Myliobatidae.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Myliobatidae, Myliobatidae
Member holonyms: Aetobatus Narinari, Spotted Eagle Ray, Spotted Ray
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Aetobatus
Literary usage of Genus Aetobatus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"Snout produced, rounded; teeth broad, in single scries AETOBATUS. a. Snout entire !
MYLIOBATIS. aa- Snout concave RHINOPTERA. Genus AETOBATUS Blainville. ..."
2. The Fishes of North Carolina by Hugh McCormick Smith (1907)
"Genus AETOBATUS Blainville. Eagle Rays. Body very wide, the wings pointed; cephalic
fin forming a rounded projection on the snout; teeth plate-like, ..."
3. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries by United States Bureau of Fisheries, Bureau of Fisheries, United States (1916)
"... in this region but is apparently never taken in large numbers. Coles has taken
a few nearly every year at Cape Lookout. Genus AETOBATUS Blainville. 34. ..."