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Definition of Genus Myxine
1. Noun. Type genus of the Myxinidae (typical hagfishes).
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Myxinidae, Myxinidae
Member holonyms: Myxine Glutinosa
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Myxine
Literary usage of Genus Myxine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... with the single genus Myxine (hag fishes, qv), in which the six pairs of gill
pouches have a single common external opening on each side. ..."
2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1864)
"In the genus myxine (Linn.) 2 spiracles approximate on the lower surface behind
the branchiae, each receiving the external ducts of the 6 branchiae of its ..."
3. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"The genus Myxine contains low forms, which Linnaeus classed with worms. The Hag, M.
limosa, Girard, is from six to eight inches long. ..."
4. Elementary Text-book of Zoology by Carl Claus, Adam Sedgwick (1885)
"The genus Myxine is exclusively parasitic on other fish and even makes its way
into their body cavity, thus affording an example of an endoparasitic ..."
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