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Definition of Genus Prionotus
1. Noun. A genus of Triglidae.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Triglidae, Triglidae
Member holonyms: Northern Sea Robin, Prionotus Carolinus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Prionotus
Literary usage of Genus Prionotus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"The American species of gurnards, having teeth on the palatine, belong to the
genus Prionotus. Northward these fishes, known as sea-robins, live along the ..."
2. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"The genus Prionotus has very large pectorals, and a belt of dense teeth on the
palatines. The Sea Robin, or Grunter, P. lineatus, Dekay, is from twelve to ..."
3. Natural History: A Manual of Zoology for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1872)
"The genus Prionotus has very large pectorals, and a belt of dense teeth on the
palatines. The Sea Robin, or Grunter, P. lineatus, Dekay, is from twelve to ..."
4. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1859)
"The American gurnards of the genus prionotus are distinguished from those of the
preceding genus by the larger pectoral fins, ..."
5. American Fishes: A Popular Treatise Upon the Game and Food Fishes of North by George Brown Goode, Theodore Gill (1903)
"The genus Prionotus does not occur in Europe, the family being there represented
by a very similar form, genus Trigla, which, however, has still smaller ..."
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