Definition of Genus Solea

1. Noun. Type genus of the Soleidae.

Exact synonyms: Solea
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Soleidae, Soleidae
Member holonyms: European Sole, Solea Solea, Lemon Sole, Solea Lascaris

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Solea

genus Sisymbrium
genus Sisyrinchium
genus Sitophylus
genus Sitotroga
genus Sitta
genus Sium
genus Sivapithecus
genus Sloanea
genus Smilax
genus Smiledon
genus Smyrnium
genus Sobralia
genus Solandra
genus Solanopteris
genus Solanum
genus Solea (current term)
genus Soleirolia
genus Solenopsis
genus Solenostemon
genus Solidago
genus Somateria
genus Sonchus
genus Sonora
genus Sophora
genus Sorbus
genus Sorex
genus Sorghum
genus Spadella
genus Spalax
genus Sparaxis

Literary usage of Genus Solea

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

1. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1835)
"... one he referred to the genus Solea, the other to that of Platessa. New Species of Sole.—This evidently enough belongs to the family Pleuronectes, ..."

2. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1835)
"It varies much in shape, sometimes resembling a Brill, at others a Sole ; in character it mostly resembles the genus Solea, in having the teeth deficient on ..."

3. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature by London International Fisheries Exhibition (1884)
"Whether Agassiz or any other observer has actually remarked the same changes of structure and habits to occur in those species of the genus Solea which arc ..."

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