Definition of Genus gadus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Gadidae: the typical codfishes.

Exact synonyms: Gadus
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Gadidae, Gadidae
Member holonyms: Cod, Codfish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Gadus

genus Fringilla
genus Fritillaria
genus Froelichia
genus Fuchsia
genus Fucus
genus Fulica
genus Fulmarus
genus Fumaria
genus Fundulus
genus Fungia
genus Funka
genus Furnarius
genus Fusanus
genus Fusarium
genus Fuscoboletinus
genus Gadus
genus Gaillardia
genus Galago
genus Galax
genus Galega
genus Galeocerdo
genus Galeopsis
genus Galeorhinus
genus Galictis
genus Galium
genus Galleria
genus Gallinago
genus Gallinula
genus Gallirallus
genus Gallus

Literary usage of Genus gadus

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)
"Boreogadus, and characterized by having the lower jaw longest ; teeth in the Dr. Günther has placed this species in a section of his genus Gadus named outer ..."

2. On the Natural History and Classification of Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles. by William Swainson (1838)
"The well known genus Gadus is divided, very properly, into several others, but is not retained or restricted to any one ; so that, if we adopt all ..."

3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"FAMILY I, GADITES, This family is almost wholly composed of the great genus GADUS, Lin.(l) Recognized by the ventrals, which are pointed and attached to the ..."

4. Trübner's Bibliographical Guide to American Literature: A Classed List of by Nikolaus Triibner (1859)
"Description of two New Species of the genus gadus, by the same. Description of a New Species of the Genus Cyprinus, by the same. An Account of an American ..."

5. A Bibliography of Fishes by Bashford Dean, Eugene Willis Gudger, American Museum of Natural History, Arthur Wilbur Henn (1917)
"Journ. Acad. Nat. Sei Philad., 1817, ns 1, 41-45. 3 pis. 1817.4 — Description of two new species of the genus Gadus lG. ..."

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