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Definition of Pomoxis

1. Noun. Crappies.

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pomoxis

pommies pommy Pomo Pomolobus Pomolobus pseudoharengus pomological pomological pomologies pomologist pomologist

pomologists pomology pomology pomona pomos Pomoxis (current term) Pomoxis annularis Pomoxis nigromaculatus pomp pomp

pompadour pompadoured pompadours pompano pompano pompanos Pompe's disease Pompeii pompelmous pompelo

Literary usage of Pomoxis

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1. Reports of Explorations and Surveys: To Ascertain the Most Practicable and by United States War Dept, Joseph Henry, United States Army. Corps of Engineers, Spencer Fullerton Baird (1855)
"Pomoxis NITIDUS, Grd. PLATE II, FIGS. 5—8. SPEC. CHAR.—Posterior extremity of maxillary ... Pomoxis nitidus, GRD. in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. Nov. 1857. ..."

2. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
"THE CRAPPIE (Pomoxis annularis) The crappie was first described by Rafinesque in 1818 from specimens collected at the Falls of the Ohio, near Louisville, ..."

3. Bass, Pike, Perch and Other Game Fishes of America by James Alexander Henshall (1919)
"THE CRAPPIE (Pomoxis annularis) The crappie was first described by Rafinesque in 1818 from specimens collected at the Falls of the Ohio, near Louisville, ..."

4. Ichthyologia Ohiensis, Or, Natural History of the Fishes Inhabiting the by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Richard Ellsworth Call (1899)
"18th species. GOLD-RING Pomoxis. Pomoxis annularis. ... Pomoxis annularis. Journal of the Acad. of Nat. Science of Philadelphia, vol. 1, p. 417, tab. ..."

5. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by George Albert Boulenger (1895)
"Pomoxis nitidus, Girard, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1857, p. 200, and Rep. p. 257 (1859). US Explor. RR x. pt. iv. p. 6, pi. ii. figs. 5-8 (1859). Pomoxis ..."

6. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"... Pomoxis annularis Rafinesque. Ohio River. Crappies and Rock Bass. — Pomoxis annularis, the crappie, and Pomoxis ..."

7. Proceedings of the Ohio Academy of Science by Ohio Academy of Science (1901)
"Genus: Pomoxis. Key to Species. A. Dorsal spines 6, occasionally 5, ... Pomoxis annularis Rafinesque. CHAPPIE ; LAKK P^RIE BASS ; CALICO BASS. ..."

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