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Definition of Genus Scomber
1. Noun. Type genus of the Scombridae.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Scombridae, Scombridae
Member holonyms: Common Mackerel, Scomber Scombrus, Shiner, Scomber Colias, Spanish Mackerel, Chub Mackerel, Scomber Japonicus, Tinker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Scomber
Literary usage of Genus Scomber
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1802)
"We shall pursue the genus scomber, which was left unfinished in the second volume,
as we noticed in the article respecting it in our 3 ad volume, ..."
2. Geology of New Jersey by New Jersey Geological Survey, George Hammell Cook (1868)
"There is nothing of interest connected with it, its numbers not making it noticeable
except to the collector. Genus SCOMBER. ..."
3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1830)
"We may observe, in general, that the number of species of this genus, Scomber,
is much more considerable in the Mediterranean than was believed at the time ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The mackerels proper (genus Scomber) are readily recognized by their elegantly
shaped, well-proportioned body, shining in iridescent colours. ..."
5. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1870)
"The range of the family is nearly the same as that of the principal genus, Scomber,
that is, from the North Atlantic on the north-west to Australia on the ..."
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