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Definition of Mustelus
1. Noun. Smooth dogfishes.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Triakidae, Triakidae
Member holonyms: American Smooth Dogfish, Mustelus Canis, Florida Smoothhound, Mustelus Norrisi
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mustelus
Literary usage of Mustelus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Explorations and Surveys: To Ascertain the Most Practicable and by United States War Dept, Joseph Henry, United States Army. Corps of Engineers, Spencer Fullerton Baird (1855)
"A species has recently been found along the Pacific coast, about the bay of San
Francisco, and described under the name of mustelus FELIS, Ayres, ..."
2. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1899)
"eyelid-muscles of mustelus, and Allis (1) has recorded some observations on the same
... The muscles of the spiracle and eyelids of mustelus are shown ..."
3. The Genera of Fishes ...: A Contribution to the Stability of Scientific by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1917)
"The specific name mustelus should remain with that species. ... But if the name
mustelus Valmont be accepted, its type must be the dog-fish with round spots ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1909)
"Upon comparison with other examples from our Atlantic coast, and the types of
mustelus equestris Bonaparte (= mustelus mustelus"), I find no difference ..."
5. Reports of Explorations and Surveys: To Ascertain the Most Practicable and by United States War Dept, Joseph Henry, United States Army. Corps of Engineers, Spencer Fullerton Baird (1855)
"A species has recently been found along the Pacific coast, about the bay of San
Francisco, and described under the name of mustelus FELIS, Ayres, ..."
6. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1899)
"eyelid-muscles of mustelus, and Allis (1) has recorded some observations on the same
... The muscles of the spiracle and eyelids of mustelus are shown ..."
7. The Genera of Fishes ...: A Contribution to the Stability of Scientific by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1917)
"The specific name mustelus should remain with that species. ... But if the name
mustelus Valmont be accepted, its type must be the dog-fish with round spots ..."
8. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1909)
"Upon comparison with other examples from our Atlantic coast, and the types of
mustelus equestris Bonaparte (= mustelus mustelus"), I find no difference ..."
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