Definition of Genus Roccus

1. Noun. A genus of Serranidae.

Exact synonyms: Roccus
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Serranidae, Serranidae
Member holonyms: Roccus Saxatilis, Rockfish, Striped Bass, Striper

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Roccus

genus Rhyacotriton
genus Rhynchoelaps
genus Rhyncostylis
genus Rhynia
genus Ribes
genus Richea
genus Richmondena
genus Ricinus
genus Rickettsia
genus Riparia
genus Rissa
genus Rivina
genus Rivulus
genus Robinia
genus Roccella
genus Roccus (current term)
genus Rodolia
genus Romneya
genus Roridula
genus Rorippa
genus Rosa
genus Rosellinia
genus Rosmarinus
genus Roystonea
genus Rubia
genus Rubus
genus Rudbeckia
genus Rumex
genus Rumohra
genus Rupicapra

Literary usage of Genus Roccus

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

1. The Basses: Fresh-water and Marine by William Charles Harris, Tarleton Hoffman Bean, Louis Rhead (1905)
"The genus Roccus The striped bass belongs to the genus Roccus, ... Description The genus Roccus has two patches of small teeth on the base of the tongue; ..."

2. The Basses, Fresh-water and Marine: Fresh-water and Marine by William Charles Harris, Tarleton Hoffman Bean, Louis Rhead (1905)
"The genus Roccus The striped bass belongs to the genus Roccus, a name invented by Dr. Mitchill, ... Description The genus Roccus has two patches of ..."

3. Geology of New Jersey by New Jersey Geological Survey, George Hammell Cook (1868)
"... more or less abundantly throughout the state. I_ the Delaware River specimens of unusual size have been taken, weighing oyer loir pounds. genus Roccus. ..."

4. A Manual of the Vertebrate Animals of the Northern United States: Including by David Starr Jordan (1904)
"(M. mississippiensis Jordan and Eigenmann, the name interrupta being preoccupied in the genus Roccus, from which Morone is scarcely distinct.) an. ..."

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