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Definition of Genus Lepisosteus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Lepisosteidae: freshwater gars.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Lepisosteidae, Lepisosteidae
Member holonyms: Billfish, Gar, Garfish, Garpike, Lepisosteus Osseus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Lepisosteus
Literary usage of Genus Lepisosteus
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 LEPISOSTEUS Lace>ede. Gar Pikes. Characters of the genus are shown above.
One species inhabits North Carolina waters. (Lepisosteus, bony-scaled.) 28. ..."
2. The Empire of Brazil at the Universal Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia by Brazil (1876)
"... the only species known of this genus, and others of the genus Lepisosteus.
The genus Sal/no is represented by only one species, ..."
3. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"The recent species, and perhaps all the extinct species also, belong to the single
genus Lepisosteus (more correctly, but also more recently, ..."
4. Bibliographia Zoologiæ Et Geologiæ: A General Catalogue of All Books, Tracts by Louis Agassiz (1848)
"Sill. Am. J. XXXIX. p. 390 (Nat. Hist. of the Freshwater Fish of Central Europe).
9. On the Anatomy of the genus Lepisosteus, ..."
5. Empire of Brazil at the Vienna Universal Exhibition of 1873 by Brazil (1873)
"... the only species known of the genus Osteoglossum, and divers species of the
genus Lepisosteus. The genus Salmo is represented by one species, ..."
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