Definition of Genus Cottus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Cottidae: sculpins.

Exact synonyms: Cottus
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Cottidae, Family Cottidae
Member holonyms: Bullhead, Miller's-thumb

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cottus

genus Corydalis
genus Corydalus
genus Corylopsis
genus Corylus
genus Corynebacterium
genus Corypha
genus Coryphantha
genus Corythosaurus
genus Coscoroba
genus Cosmocampus
genus Cosmos
genus Costia
genus Cotinga
genus Cotinus
genus Cotoneaster
genus Cottus (current term)
genus Cotula
genus Coturnix
genus Coumarouna
genus Cracticus
genus Crambe
genus Crangon
genus Craspedia
genus Crataegus
genus Crateva
genus Crax
genus Crepis
genus Crescentia

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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