Definition of Engraulis

1. Noun. Type genus of the family Engraulidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Engraulis
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Member holonyms: Engraulis Encrasicholus, Mediterranean Anchovy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Engraulis

Englishes
Englishing
Englishism
Englishisms
Englishization
Englishly
Englishmen
Englishness
Englishry
Englishwoman
Englishwomen
Englishy
Engram
Engraulidae
Engraulis
Engraulis encrasicholus
Engrish
Enhydra
Enhydra lutris
Enid
Enif
Enigma
Enigma machine
Eniwetok
Enkaid
Enki
Enkidu
Enlightenment
Enlil

Literary usage of Engraulis

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 (1868)
"engraulis. Clupea, sp., ct Stolephorus, ... engraulis, Cne. Si Val. Body oblong, compressed. Scales large or of moderate size. Snout more or less conical, ..."

2. The Entertaining Naturalist: Being Popular Descriptions, Tales, and by Loudon (Jane) (1850)
"(engraulis encrasicolus.) LIKE the herring and sprat, these fish leave the depths of the open sea, in order to frequent the smooth and shallow places of the ..."

3. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"They are small in size and weak in muscle, found in all warm seas, 'and making a large part of the food of the larger fish. The genus engraulis includes the ..."

4. American Fishes: A Popular Treatise Upon the Game and Food Fishes of North by George Brown Goode, Theodore Gill (1903)
"engraulis mordax : California Anchovy. (Stolephorus ringens, p. 408. ... engraulis compressus. (Stolephorus compressus, p. 447. ..."

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