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Definition of Triaenodon
1. Noun. A genus of Triakidae.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Triakidae, Triakidae
Member holonyms: Reef Whitetip Shark, Triaenodon Obseus, Whitetip Shark
Lexicographical Neighbors of Triaenodon
Literary usage of Triaenodon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1842)
"triaenodon, Miiller and Henle.—Teeth with a denticle on each side, which on the
exterior side of most of those of the lower jaw is double. ..."
2. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1838)
"Teeth as in triaenodon. Dimple of the tail wanting; the inferior lobe of the
caudal fin not distinct. (1 sp.) the Skates. Mustelus. Spiracles large. ..."
3. On the Natural History and Classification of Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles by William Swainson (1838)
"... that, in the absence of further characters, we hardly venture to incorporate
it in our present survey. The genera triaenodon and ..."
4. Red Sea Sharks by Jeremy Stafford-Deitsch (1999)
"IDENTIFICATION: DISTRIBUTION: SIZE: HABITAT: DIET: COMMENTS: WHITETIP REEF SHAF
triaenodon obesus J The apex of the first dorsal fin and the upper lobe of ..."
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