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Definition of Menticirrhus

1. Noun. Kingfishes; whiting.

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Menticirrhus

Mentha piperita Mentha pulegium Mentha rotundifolia Mentha spicata Mentha suaveolens menthene menthene menthenes menthol menthol

mentholated mentholated salve menthols menthyl menthyl salicylate Menticirrhus (current term) Menticirrhus americanus Menticirrhus littoralis Menticirrhus saxatilis Menticirrhus undulatus

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Literary usage of Menticirrhus

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1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"Mazatlan. littoralis the surf-whiting. The California whiting or sand- sucker is Menticirrhus ... 464—Kingfish, Menticirrhus americanus (Linnaeus). ..."

2. The Fishes of Panama Bay by Charles Henry Gilbert, Edwin Chapin Starks (1904)
"... Umbrina xanti + Umbrina dorsalis -f- Menticirrhus nasus Menticirrhus panamensis + Menticirrhus elongatus ..."

3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1920)
"Many large and wounded taken at latter place. Menticirrhus AMERICANUS ... Menticirrhus SAXATILIS (Schneider). Atlantic City and Corson's Inlet, ..."

4. A Manual of the Vertebrate Animals of the Northern United States: Including by David Starr Jordan (1888)
"Menticirrhus Gill. (Lat., mentum, chin; cirrus, barbel) a. ... (Menticirrhus.) b. Outer teeth of upper jaw very strong; lower lobe of C. not black. ..."

5. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"Genus Menticirrhus Gill. Whitings. Small American shore fishes, most frequently found on sandy bottom; characterized by elongate, little compressed body; ..."

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