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Definition of Merluccius
1. Noun. Hakes.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Gadidae, Gadidae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Merluccius
Literary usage of Merluccius
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1862)
"Merluccius, sp., Cuc. Reyne Anim. Body elongate, covered with very small scales.
... Merluccius vulgaris. Hake. "Ovos, Aristot. viii. c. 15, ix. c. ..."
2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"They all inhabit the Atlantic, and live in large troops.(2) Merluccius, Cuv.
But two dorsal fins and a single anal; the cirri deficient as in Mer- langus. ..."
3. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"Merluccius merluccius, the hake or stock-fish, is common in Europe; Merluccius
bilinearis, the silver hake, is common in New England, Merluccius pro- ductus ..."
4. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1911)
"The common European hake is the species Merluccius merluccius. The hake which is
found mostly in American waters is Merluccius ..."
5. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"The European hake (Merluccius merluccius) is common on all the coasts of Europe,
and though its flesh is coarse and flaky, is extensively utilized by ..."
6. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"This species, however, as is at once evident from the description, has no relation
with Merluccius more than a large proportion of other fishes, ..."
7. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature (1884)
"GENUS Merluccius.—Body elongated ; two dorsal fins, the first short, the second
long, an interspace ... Merluccius vulgaris.—Cuv. R. Anim. Jenyns' Man. p. ..."
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