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Definition of Tetrapturus

1. Noun. A genus of Istiophoridae.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tetrapturus

Literary usage of Tetrapturus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"The armed muzzle and two small crests of a tetrapturus, but the ventrals are ... (4) It yet remains to be seen whether this was not a tetrapturus that had ..."

2. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"tetrapturus, the spearfish, has the dorsal fin low and divided into two parts. Its species are taken in most warm seas, tetrapturus imperator throughout the ..."

3. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"tetrapturus, the spearfish, has the dorsal fin low and divided into two parts. Its species are taken in most warm seas, tetrapturus ..."

4. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"Its species are taken in most warm seas, tetrapturus imperator throughout the Atlantic, tetrapturus am-- plus in Cuba, tetrapturus ..."

5. American Fishes: A Popular Treatise Upon the Game and Food Fishes of North by George Brown Goode, Theodore Gill (1903)
"The various species of tetrapturus have sometimes shared its title ... It is possible that the tetrapturus is also called " Boohoo," since the two genera ..."

6. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1860)
"P tetrapturus indicus, Cuc. Hf Vol. viii. p. 286. D. 42 | 7. A. 12 | 6. V. 1. The greater portion of the dorsal fin much lower than the body. ..."

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