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Definition of Genus Triturus
1. Noun. Chiefly aquatic salamanders.
Generic synonyms: Amphibian Genus
Group relationships: Family Salamandridae, Salamandridae
Member holonyms: Common Newt, Triturus Vulgaris
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Triturus
Literary usage of Genus Triturus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society by Buffalo Historical Society, Albert Bigelow, Buffalo Historical Society (Buffalo, N.Y.) (1910)
"The genus Triturus consists of salamanders with tail flattened and adapted for
swimming, and was first separated by Dumesnil under the name of Triton, ..."
2. The Holland Land Co., and Canal Construction, in Western New York: Buffalo by William Leete Stone, George William Clinton, Frank Hayward Severance (1910)
"The genus Triturus consists of salamanders with tail flattened and adapted for
swimming, and was first separated by Dumesnil under the name of Triton, ..."
3. Bulletin by Smithsonian Institution, Dept. of the Interior, United States Dept. of the Interior, United States National Museum, United States (1889)
"... he says: "My genus Triturus is the same as the Triton of Dumeril, there being
already another genus of animals called Triton. ..."
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