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Definition of Genus Chilomycterus
1. Noun. Burrfishes.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Diodontidae, Family Diodontidae
Member holonyms: Burrfish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Chilomycterus
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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