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Definition of Genus Homarus
1. Noun. Type genus of the family Homaridae: common edible lobsters.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Homaridae, Homaridae
Member holonyms: American Lobster, Homarus Americanus, Maine Lobster, Northern Lobster, European Lobster, Homarus Vulgaris, Cape Lobster, Homarus Capensis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Homarus
Literary usage of Genus Homarus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley (1902)
"... with the Cancer capensis of Herbst; but, as it is stated in the definition of
the genus Homarus (I. c. ..."
2. Introduction to Zoology: A Guide to the Study of Animals ; for the Use of by Charles Benedict Davenport, Gertrude Anna Crotty Davenport (1902)
"The lobster (Homarus) is, as we have already seen, the nearest living salt-water
relative of the crayfish. There are only two species of the genus Homarus. ..."
3. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1873)
"... to it are confused and contradictory. De Haan (Fauna Japonica, Crustacea, p.
146) states the number, for the genus Homarus, as nineteen on each side, ..."
4. Elements of Zoology: To Accompany the Field and Laboratory Study of Animals by Charles Benedict Davenport, Gertrude Anna Crotty Davenport (1911)
"There are only two species of the genus Homarus. One, Homarus americanus, occurs
on our Atlantic coast ; the other, H. vulgaris, is the lobster ..."
5. Appleton's New Practical Cyclopedia: A New Work of Reference Based Upon the edited by Marcus Benjamin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick, Gerald Van Casteel, George Jotham Hagar (1920)
"... and genus homarus. The common lobster of the US (H. Americanus) varies in
length, as caught for the market, from 1 to 2 ft., though specimens are seen ..."