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Definition of Cottus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Cottidae: sculpins.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Cottidae, Family Cottidae
Member holonyms: Bullhead, Miller's-thumb
Definition of Cottus
1. a type of fish [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cottus
Literary usage of Cottus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1850)
"cottus viscosus Hold. Suppl. to a Monogr. of Limn. <fec., 1840, p. 3. ...
cottus gobio Ayres, Bost. Jour. Nat. Hist. v. 1845, p. 121; PI. xi. ..."
2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1834)
"cottus gobio, Lin., Bl. 39. i. 2. A small flsh, four or five inches long, blackish.
... The one, cottus scorpius, L. Has three spines to the ..."
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