Definition of Cottids

1. cottid [n] - See also: cottid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cottids

cottages
cottagey
cottar
cottars
cottas
cotted
cotter
cotter pin
cotter pins
cottered
cottering
cotterless
cotters
cottid
cottids (current term)
cottier
cottiers
cottise
cottised
cottises
cottising
cottoid
cottoids
cottolene
cotton
cotton-candy
cotton-dust asthma
cotton-fibre embolism
cotton-mill fever

Literary usage of Cottids

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

1. The Fishes of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1898)
"For this reason, therefore, they are placed after the Scorpa-nids and before the cottids. 'rim comparatively slight value of the approximation or separation ..."

2. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1892)
"In some cottids the nerve leaves the medulla by three branches, which have the following distribution in Cottus ..."

3. The Sportsman's Gazetteer and General Guide: The Game Animals, Birds and by Charles Hallock (1877)
"... teres) is quite common, and for its Northern habitat, quite large, averaging from four to seven pounds. A species of the cottids, ..."

4. Fifty Years of Darwinism: Modern Aspects of Evolution; Centennial Addresses by Edward Bagnall Poulton, John Merle Coulter, David Starr Jordan, Edmund Beecher Wilson, Daniel Trembly MacDougal, William Ernest Castle, Charles Benedict Davenport, Carl H. Elgenmann, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Granville Stanley Hall (1909)
"... and the other 21 more than represent the extent to which the fauna has become adapted in this area, for eight salmonids and eight cottids are cold water ..."

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