Definition of Genus Chilomycterus

1. Noun. Burrfishes.

Exact synonyms: Chilomycterus
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Diodontidae, Family Diodontidae
Member holonyms: Burrfish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Chilomycterus

genus Charadrius
genus Charina
genus Charronia
genus Chateura
genus Chauna
genus Cheilanthes
genus Cheiranthus
genus Chelidonium
genus Chelifer
genus Chelone
genus Chelonia
genus Chelydra
genus Chenopodium
genus Chilomastix
genus Chilomeniscus
genus Chilomycterus (current term)
genus Chilopsis
genus Chimaera
genus Chimaphila
genus Chimonanthus
genus Chinchilla
genus Chinchona
genus Chiococca
genus Chionanthus
genus Chirocephalus
genus Chironomus
genus Chiton
genus Chlamydera
genus Chlamydia
genus Chlamydomonas

Literary usage of Genus Chilomycterus

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)
"Genus CHILOMYCTERUS Bibron. Bur-fishes. Small marine fishes, with broad, slightly depressed body, covered with short, firmly fixed, 3-rooted spines; ..."

2. United States Government Publications by John H. Hickcox (1893)
"EIGENMANN, CARL H. On the occurrence of the spiny box- fish (genus Chilomycterus) on the coast of California. From the Proceedings of the US Nat. ..."

3. A List of the Publications of the United States National Museum (1875-1900 by United States National Museum, Randolph Iltyd Geare (1902)
"On the occurrence of the spiny boxfish (genus Chilomycterus) on the coast of California. By Carl H. Eigenmann. p. 485, 1 plate. P. 918. ..."

4. The Fishes of North Carolina by Hugh McCormick Smith (1907)
"Genus CHILOMYCTERUS Bibron. Bur-fishes. Small marine fishes, with broad, slightly depressed body, covered with short, firmly fixed, ..."

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