Definition of Genus Erignathus

1. Noun. Bearded seals.

Exact synonyms: Erignathus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Phocidae, Phocidae
Member holonyms: Bearded Seal, Erignathus Barbatus, Squareflipper Square Flipper

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Erignathus

genus Episcia
genus Eptatretus
genus Eptesicus
genus Equetus
genus Equisetum
genus Equus
genus Eragrostis
genus Eranthis
genus Ercilla
genus Erechtites
genus Erethizon
genus Eretmochelys
genus Erianthus
genus Erica
genus Erigeron
genus Erignathus (current term)
genus Erinaceus
genus Eriobotrya
genus Eriocaulon
genus Eriodictyon
genus Eriogonum
genus Eriophorum
genus Eriophyllum
genus Eriosoma
genus Erithacus
genus Erodium
genus Erolia
genus Eruca
genus Erwinia
genus Eryngium

Literary usage of Genus Erignathus

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

1. Contributions to the Natural History of Alaska: Results of Investigations by Lucien McShan Turner (1886)
"... the eastern portion of Bering Sea, having its center of abundance, so far as is known, in the vicinity of Nunivak Island. Genus ERIGNATHUS. ..."

2. The Marine Mammals in the Anatomical Museum of the University of Edinburgh by William Turner (1912)
"from the other species of Phoca, and to regard it as a distinct genus, ERIGNATHUS. 1. Skull, aged. Length 9| inches, over vertex 12£ inches; breadth, ..."

3. Miscellaneous Publications by Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (1880)
"genus Erignathus, Gill. Phoca, GRAY, " Zool. Erebus and Terror, 1844"; Cat. Seals Brit. Mus., 1850, 27, not of Linne'. Type, Phoca barbata, Fabricius. ..."

4. Contributions to the Natural History of Alaska: Results of Investigations by Lucien McShan Turner, William Babcock Hazen (1886)
"... to the eastern portion of Bering Sea, having its center of abundance, eo far as is known, in the vicinity of Nunivak Island. • Genus ERIGNATHUS. ..."

5. Fur Seal Arbitration: Proceedings of the Tribunal of Arbitration, Convened by Bering Sea Tribunal of Arbitration (1895)
"... and somewhat resembles, the harp- seal. It is not numerous and has never had any commercial importance. II.—Genus ERIGNATHUS Gill. 7. ..."

6. Fur-seal Arbitration: The Case of the United States Before the Tribunal of by United States, Bering Sea Tribunal of Arbitration (1892)
"... and somewhat resembles, the harp- seal. It is not numerous and has never had any commercial importance. II.—Genus ERIGNATHUS Gill. 7. ..."

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