Definition of Balistes vetula

1. Noun. Tropical Atlantic fish.

Exact synonyms: Bessy Cerca, Oldwench, Oldwife, Queen Triggerfish
Generic synonyms: Triggerfish
Group relationships: Balistes, Genus Balistes

Lexicographical Neighbors of Balistes Vetula

Baldy's operation
Balearic
Balearic Islands
Balearic Sea
Balearics
Balenciaga
Baleswar
Balfour
Bali
Bali tiger
Bali tigers
Balinese
Balinesian
Balint's syndrome
Balistes
Balistes vetula (current term)
Balistidae
Balkan
Balkan Mountain Range
Balkan Mountains
Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Romani
Balkan Wars
Balkan beam
Balkan country
Balkan frame
Balkan nation
Balkan splint
Balkan state
Balkanic

Literary usage of Balistes vetula

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

1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1914)
"Close to Balistes vetula as occurring in the West Indian fauna, but more pointed anteriorly than any specimen of that species seen by us. ..."

2. Bulletin of the Essex Institute by Essex Institute (1891)
"ON Balistes vetula Linne. BY S. GARMAN. A HANDSOME specimen of this fish was taken at Wood's Holl, Mass., about the first of October and forwarded to Prof. ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1846)
"5, 6), which may possibly be from the Chinese sea; but the locality of their capture was not noted. Balistes vetula, Lin. ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1898)
"... for each are given in Japanese except for those coming from extra-Japonic waters. The collection is almost exclusively Japanese, Balistes vetula, ..."

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