Definition of Rhinoptera

1. Noun. A genus of Myliobatidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Rhinoptera
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Myliobatidae, Myliobatidae
Member holonyms: Cow-nosed Ray, Cownose Ray, Rhinoptera Bonasus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhinoptera

Rhine River
Rhine wine
Rhinegrave
Rhinegraves
Rhineland
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhinobatidae
Rhinoceros antiquitatis
Rhinoceros unicornis
Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocladiella
Rhinoestrus purpureus
Rhinolophidae
Rhinonicteris
Rhinonicteris aurantius
Rhinoptera (current term)
Rhinoptera bonasus
Rhinosporidium seeberi
Rhinotermitidae
Rhinovirus
Rhipicephalus appendiculatus
Rhipicephalus evertsi
Rhipicephalus pulchellus
Rhipicephalus sanguineus
Rhipsalis
Rhiptoglossa
Rhizobium
Rhizoctinia solani
Rhizophora mangle

Literary usage of Rhinoptera

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 (1870)
"Jaws of a very large example. Seychelles. Presented by S. Ward, Esq. op. Dental laminae. 23. Rhinoptera*. Rhinoptera, KuU. Rhinoptera ..."

2. Reports of Explorations and Surveys: To Ascertain the Most Practicable and by United States War Dept, Joseph Henry, United States Army. Corps of Engineers, Spencer Fullerton Baird (1855)
"Rhinoptera vespertilio, GRD. in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. VIII, 1856, 137 ; and, in Bost, Jour. Nat. Hist. VI, 1857. Plate xxvi. ..."

3. Materials for the study of variation treated with especial regard to by William Bateson (1894)
"[PART i. occurs in a nearly symmetrical way. This specimen is described as Rhinoptera polyodon, but it is by no means unlikely that it Fio. 69. ..."

4. Spolia Zeylanica by National Museums of Sri Lanka, National Museums of Ceylon (1908)
"When the infected oysters were eaten by the ray, Rhinoptera javanica, the worm became adult in the latter fish. A further stage also occurred in the oyster ..."

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