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Definition of Genus gadus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Gadidae: the typical codfishes.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Gadidae, Gadidae
Member holonyms: Cod, Codfish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Gadus
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. ..."