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Definition of Makaira
1. Noun. Marlins.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Istiophoridae, Istiophoridae
Member holonyms: Marlin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Makaira
Literary usage of Makaira
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1804)
"It may be added that Piso, in his description of this fish, compares its viscera
to those of the tunny. i The xiphias makaira, short-snouted sword-fish, ..."
2. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1860)
"Six inches long: not good state. Caught in Long. W. 22°, Lat. N. 2°. Presented by
JB Jukes, Esq. 2. Xiphias velifer. ? makaira ..."
3. The Genera of Fishes ...: A Contribution to the Stability of Scientific by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1917)
"ACHIRUS FASCIATUS Lacepède was wrongly supposed to be identical with PLEURONECTES
ACHIRUS L. makaira Lacepède, IV, 688, 1803 ; type makaira NIGRICANS ..."
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