Definition of Hexanchus griseus

1. Noun. Large primitive shark widely distributed in warm seas.

Exact synonyms: Cow Shark, Six-gilled Shark
Generic synonyms: Shark
Group relationships: Genus Hexanchus, Hexanchus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hexanchus Griseus

Hewkin
Hewlett
Hews
Hewson
Hexadnovirus
Hexadrol
Hexagrammidae
Hexagrammos
Hexagrammos decagrammus
Hexalectris
Hexalectris spicata
Hexalectris warnockii
Hexamita
Hexanchidae
Hexanchus
Hexanchus griseus
Hexapla
Hexaplas
Hexateuch
Hey
Hey's amputation
Hey's hernia
Hey's ligament
Heyd's syndrome
Heyer
Heyer-Pudenz valve
Heyerdahl
Heyns
Heyns' abdominal decompression apparatus
Heyrovsky

Literary usage of Hexanchus griseus

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

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1895)
"On the Presence of a Sternum in hexanchus griseus. -% Dr. PHILIP WHITE. 1 -1. On the Creodonta. ..."

2. Index-catalogue of Medical and Veterinary Zoology. Subjects: Subjects by Charles Wardell Stiles, Albert Hassall, Hygienic Laboratory (U.S.) (1908)
"... 25 (in Prionodon milberti, hexanchus griseus).—Darr, 1902, 666, 607, 669, 683.—Dies., 1850a, 347 (syn. ... hexanchus griseus, Raja balis, R. clavata, ..."

3. Elements of the Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates by Robert Wiedersheim, William Newton Parker (1897)
"WHITE, PJ A Sternum in hexanchus griseus. Anat. Anz. XI, Bd. No. F. 1895. WIEDERSHEIM, R. (See p. 415 and 416.) 3. SKULL. (a) PISCES. ..."

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