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Definition of Genus petromyzon
1. Noun. Typical lampreys.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Petromyzontidae, Petromyzontidae
Member holonyms: Petromyzon Marinus, Sea Lamprey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Petromyzon
Literary usage of Genus petromyzon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Wilder Quarter-century Book: A Collection of Original Papers Dedicated (1893)
"This difference in dentition, and perhaps also some other considerations, have
led some zoologists to divide the genus Petromyzon into two, Petromyzon and ..."
2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1860)
"The old genus petromyzon has been subdivided into 6, according to the shape and
arrangement of the teeth. The common European lamprey, or lamprey eel as it ..."
3. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"The old genus petromyzon has been subdivided into six, according to the shape
and arrangement of the teeth. The common European lamprey, or lamprey eel as ..."
4. Magazine of Zoology and Botany by Prideaux John Selby, George Johnston, William Jardine (1837)
"Genus, Petromyzon. Species, murinus, argenteus, fluviatilis, planeri. b.
without teeth, Edentata. Gen. Ammocoetes. branchialis. — ruber, (doubtful Lac.) 2. ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1907)
"... australis) the pineal sense organs have very much the same structure and
relationships as in the European genus Petromyzon. ..."
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