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Definition of Genus solea
1. Noun. Type genus of the Soleidae.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Soleidae, Soleidae
Member holonyms: European Sole, Solea Solea, Lemon Sole, Solea Lascaris
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Solea
Literary usage of Genus solea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1835)
"... one he referred to the genus Solea, the other to that of Platessa. New Species
of Sole.—This evidently enough belongs to the family Pleuronectes, ..."
2. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1835)
"It varies much in shape, sometimes resembling a Brill, at others a Sole ; in
character it mostly resembles the genus Solea, in having the teeth deficient on ..."
3. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature by London International Fisheries Exhibition (1884)
"Whether Agassiz or any other observer has actually remarked the same changes of
structure and habits to occur in those species of the genus Solea which arc ..."