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Definition of Genus cottus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Cottidae: sculpins.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Cottidae, Family Cottidae
Member holonyms: Bullhead, Miller's-thumb
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cottus
Literary usage of Genus cottus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lake Superior: Its Physical Character, Vegetation, and Animals, Compared by Louis Agassiz, James Elliot Cabot (1850)
"A broad and depressed head, contiguous to a body gradually diminishing towards
the tail, is the essential zoological character of the genus Cottus, ..."
2. A History of British Fishes by William Yarrell (1841)
"THE marine species of the genus Cottus appear to belong almost exclusively to
the Northern Seas; and although plentiful on most parts of our southern shore, ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"A family of acanthopterygian fishes, typified by the genus Cottus, ... Having the
form of fishes of the genus Cottus; of or pertaining to the Cot- ..."
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