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Definition of Genus Necturus

1. Noun. A genus of Proteidae.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Necturus

Literary usage of Genus Necturus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Batrachians and Reptiles of Indiana by Oliver Perry Hay (1892)
"Only the genus Necturus is found in North America. ... Genus NECTURUS, Rafinesque. Rafinesque, 1819, 97, 417; Boulenger, 1882, 28, 84; Cope, 1889, 51, 23. ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1907)
"... he had been able to study his collections, Rafinesque ('19) erected the new genus Necturus to include this form. I quote part of his description, (p. ..."

3. The Origin of the Fittest: Essays on Evolution by Edward Drinker Cope (1886)
"... in the same zoological region with a genus (Necturus) which differs from its four-toed form (Batrachoseps*) in nothing more than the possession of the ..."

4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1869)
"... and just before its metamorphosis is quite identical in its osteological characters with the genus Necturus. Costal plicae 1 ; head wide, ..."

5. Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society by Buffalo Historical Society, Albert Bigelow, Buffalo Historical Society (Buffalo, N.Y.) (1910)
"Mr. R's. genus Necturus is distinguished from Triturus by having teeth, four toes to all the feet, and the external gills persistent to a very late period. ..."

6. Elementary Textbook of Economic Zoology and Entomology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Rennie Wilbur Doane (1915)
"The mud- puppies or water-dogs, genus Necturus, occur in the rivers and lakes of the northern United States. They attain a length of about two feet when ..."

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