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Definition of Genus cyclopterus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Cyclopteridae: lumpfishes.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Cyclopteridae, Family Cyclopteridae
Member holonyms: Cyclopterus Lumpus, Lumpfish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cyclopterus
Literary usage of Genus cyclopterus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"... and obliquely opposed to each other; and with the caudal vertebra in scarcely
increased number, (Vert. 12+16 pm.) Lumpus, Cuv. Genus CYCLOPTERUS, L. ..."
2. The Natural History of Ireland by William Thompson, James R. Garrett, George Dickie (1856)
"In classification these belong to the genus Cyclopterus as now restricted, and
in the Prodromus Ich- ..."
3. On the Natural History and Classification of Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles. by William Swainson (1838)
"The true suckers, however, forming the genus Cyclopterus, possess the faculty of
adhesion in an extraordinary degree. On the breast and belly are two ..."
4. The Primary Factors of Organic Evolution by Edward Drinker Cope (1904)
"Approximations to this state of things are seen in the parasitic genus Cyclopterus,
and in the ribbon-fishes, ..."
5. The Origin of the Fittest: Essays on Evolution by Edward Drinker Cope (1886)
"Approximations to this state of things are seen in the parasitic genus Cyclopterus,
and in the ribbon-fishes, ..."
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