Definition of Luvarus imperialis

1. Noun. Large silvery fish found worldwide in warm seas but nowhere common; resembles a whale and feeds on plankton.

Exact synonyms: Louvar
Generic synonyms: Scombroid, Scombroid Fish
Group relationships: Genus Luvarus, Luvarus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Luvarus Imperialis

Lutra
Lutra canadensis
Lutra lutra
Lutrinae
Lutsk
Lutyens
Lutz-Splendore-Almeida disease
Lutzen
Lutzomyia
Lutzomyia flaviscutellata
Lutzomyia intermedius
Lutzomyia longipalpis
Lutzomyia peruensis
Luvaridae
Luvarus
Luvarus imperialis (current term)
Luvian
Luwian
Luxembourg
Luxembourg-Ville
Luxembourg City
Luxembourg franc
Luxembourger
Luxembourgers
Luxembourgian
Luxembourgians
Luxembourgish
Luxemburg
Luxemburger
Luxemburgers

Literary usage of Luvarus imperialis

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

1. Fishes of Australia: A Popular and Systematic Guide to the Study of the by David George Stead (1906)
"THE sole representative of this family—Luvarus imperialis— is one of those fishes which are rarely seen and about the habits of which, consequently, ..."

2. A Bibliography of Fishes by Bashford Dean, Eugene Willis Gudger, American Museum of Natural History, Arthur Wilbur Henn (1917)
"Cambridge, 1902) 1902.2 — On the systematic position of Luvarus imperialis Rafinesque. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1902, 7. ser. 10, 278- 281 1902.3 — A revision ..."

3. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"... is regarded by Alcock, the discoverer, as a result of degeneration, and the family was Fio. v_> -. 396.—The Louvar, Luvarus imperialis ..."

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