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Definition of Squalus acanthias
1. Noun. Destructive dogfish of the Atlantic coastal waters of America and Europe; widely used in anatomy classes.
Generic synonyms: Spiny Dogfish
Group relationships: Genus Squalus, Squalus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Squalus Acanthias
Literary usage of Squalus acanthias
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Laboratory Studies in Mammalian Anatomy by Inez Whipple Wilder, Whipple Wilder (1914)
"THE BRAIN OF THE DOGFISH (squalus acanthias)l The dogfish, a small species of
shark, represents one of the most primitive groups of fishes, and its brain ..."
2. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"THE DOGFISH SHARK — squalus acanthias The common dogfish shark (Fig. 358) is
abundant in the waters off the coast of New England and northern Europe. Fio. ..."
3. Contributions by University of Minnesota Dept. of Anatomy (1917)
"ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DIGITIFORM GLAND AND THE POST-VALVULAR SEGMENT OF
INTESTINE IN squalus acanthias ER HOSKINS Prom*the Institute of Anatomy, ..."
4. The Anatomy of the Nervous System from the Standpoint of Development and by Stephen Walter Ranson (1920)
"The brain of the dogfish, squalus acanthias, lateral view. spoken of as the tectum
mesencephali. Within this roof end the fibers which come from the retinae ..."
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