Definition of Genus amblyrhynchus

1. Noun. Marine iguanas.

Exact synonyms: Amblyrhynchus
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Family Iguania, Family Iguanidae, Iguania, Iguanidae
Member holonyms: Amblyrhynchus Cristatus, Marine Iguana

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Amblyrhynchus

genus Alsobia
genus Alsophila
genus Alstonia
genus Alstroemeria
genus Alternanthera
genus Althaea
genus Alyssum
genus Alytes
genus Amanita
genus Amaranthus
genus Amaryllis
genus Amauropelta
genus Amazona
genus Amberboa
genus Ambloplites
genus Amblyrhynchus
genus Ambrosia
genus Ambystoma
genus Ameiurus
genus Amelanchier
genus Amia
genus Amianthum
genus Ammobium
genus Ammodytes
genus Ammotragus
genus Amoeba
genus Amorpha
genus Amorphophallus
genus Amphibolips
genus Amphicarpa

Literary usage of Genus amblyrhynchus

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

1. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"... genus Amblyrhynchus. The distribution of the tenants of this archipelago would not be nearly so wonderful, if, for instance, one island had a ..."

2. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1884)
"... genus Amblyrhynchus. The distribution of the tenants of this archipelago would not be nearly so wonderful, if, for instance, one island had a mock- ..."

3. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"... genus Amblyrhynchus. The distribution of the tenants of this archipelago would not be nearly so wonderful, if, for instance, one island had a ..."

4. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"... united in the genus Amblyrhynchus). The first is a land, the second a marine, lizard ; both are of large size and very abundant on all the islands; ..."

5. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1902)
"... a few only being inhabitants of fresh water, and one—the genus Amblyrhynchus of the Galapagos Archipelago- lives on the seashore, and, if hard pressed, ..."

6. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science, with Special by James Dwight Dana (1876)
"The largest of the lizards, an aquatic species, of the genus Amblyrhynchus (having feet, however, instead of paddles), is but three to four feet long. ..."

7. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1875)
"The largest of the lizards, an aquatic species, of the genus Amblyrhynchus (having feet, however, instead of paddles), is but three to four feet long. ..."

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