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Definition of Jordanella
1. Noun. Flagfishes.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Cyprinodontidae, Family Cyprinodontidae
Member holonyms: American Flagfish, Flagfish, Jordanella Floridae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jordanella
Literary usage of Jordanella
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections by Smithsonian Institution (1883)
"US Nat Mus. ii, 177, 1879: type jordanella florida G. & B.) Body short, deep,
compressed. Head short. Mouth small, very protractile, the lower jaw the ..."
2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1921)
"Color in alcohol largely dull olivaceous, with rounded pale scattered pearly
spots on side. Anal with 9 branched rays. jordanella ..."
3. The Days of a Man: Being Memories of a Naturalist, Teacher, and Minor by David Starr Jordan (1922)
"1 In 1879 Goode did me the honor of giving the name "jordanella to a genus of
handsome, chubby little ..."
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