Lexic.us

Definition of Genus amblyrhynchus

1. Noun. Marine iguanas.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Amblyrhynchus

Literary usage of Genus amblyrhynchus

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

1. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"... genus Amblyrhynchus. The distribution of the tenants of this archipelago would not be nearly so wonderful, if, for instance, one island had a ..."

2. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1884)
"... genus Amblyrhynchus. The distribution of the tenants of this archipelago would not be nearly so wonderful, if, for instance, one island had a mock- ..."

3. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"... genus Amblyrhynchus. The distribution of the tenants of this archipelago would not be nearly so wonderful, if, for instance, one island had a ..."

4. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"... united in the genus Amblyrhynchus). The first is a land, the second a marine, lizard ; both are of large size and very abundant on all the islands; ..."

5. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1902)
"... a few only being inhabitants of fresh water, and one—the genus Amblyrhynchus of the Galapagos Archipelago- lives on the seashore, and, if hard pressed, ..."

6. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science, with Special by James Dwight Dana (1876)
"The largest of the lizards, an aquatic species, of the genus Amblyrhynchus (having feet, however, instead of paddles), is but three to four feet long. ..."

7. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1875)
"The largest of the lizards, an aquatic species, of the genus Amblyrhynchus (having feet, however, instead of paddles), is but three to four feet long. ..."

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