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Definition of Rivulus
1. Noun. Found in small streams of tropical America; often kept in aquariums; usually hermaphroditic.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rivulus
Literary usage of Rivulus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1866)
"rivulus, Poeg, Mem. Oub. ii. p. 307. Cleft of the mouth small, with the upper jaw
... rivulus cylindraceus. Poeg, Mem. Cub. ii. p. 308. B. 6. D. 9. A. 12. ..."
2. Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History: Comprising the History of England by Matthew Paris, Roger (1841)
"Lindis vero rivulus est, qui excur- rit in mare, duorum pedum habens latitudinem
quando ... rivulus ..."
3. Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down, Connor, and Dromore, Consisting of a by William Reeves (1847)
"... in nomine Omnipotentis Dei, et ex eo aquarum rivulus statim ... Quamvis modica
est semper non deficiet et rivulus eternus erit usque ad finem hujus ..."
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