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Definition of Genus tetrapturus

1. Noun. A genus of Istiophoridae.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Tetrapturus

Literary usage of Genus tetrapturus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"It reaches a length of 6 feet and is an excellent food-fish. The genus Tetrapturus, distinguished from ..."

2. Chambers' Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge by William Chambers, Robert Chambers (1892)
"Another form—the spear-fish—of similar distribution, is generally referred to a distinct genus, Tetrapturus. The bony sword-fishes must not be confused with ..."

3. Salt Water Game Fishing by Charles Frederick Holder (1914)
"of swordfish,* one of which belongs to the Santa Catalina genus (Tetrapturus imperator). An other is known as the Cuban swordfish (Tetrapturus amplus), ..."

4. Fish Stories Alleged and Experienced: With a Little History Natural and by Charles Frederick Holder, David Starr Jordan (1909)
"... that swordfish has lengthened out and grown with the years. The sword- fishes of this genus (Tetrapturus) have not the large fin and are called ..."

5. Appleton's New Practical Cyclopedia: A New Work of Reference Based Upon the edited by Marcus Benjamin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick, Gerald Van Casteel, George Jotham Hagar (1920)
"... and the sword is frequently broken off and left in sit«, but the fish which most often assaults vessels is a smaller species of the genus Tetrapturus. ..."

6. The Fishes of North Carolina by Hugh McCormick Smith (1907)
"... preserved for the State Museum at Raleigh. This example is 71 inches long, with upper jaw 15 inches long. Genus TETRAPTURUS Rafinesque. Spear-fishes. ..."

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