Definition of Genus Necturus

1. Noun. A genus of Proteidae.

Exact synonyms: Necturus
Generic synonyms: Amphibian Genus
Group relationships: Family Proteidae, Proteidae
Member holonyms: Mud Puppy, Necturus Maculosus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Necturus

genus Nageia
genus Naias
genus Naja
genus Najas
genus Nanomia
genus Napaea
genus Narcissus
genus Narthecium
genus Nasalis
genus Nasturtium
genus Nasua
genus Natrix
genus Nauclea
genus Naucrates
genus Nautilus
genus Necturus (current term)
genus Negaprion
genus Nelumbo
genus Nemophila
genus Neoceratodus
genus Neofiber
genus Neohygrophorus
genus Neolentinus
genus Neomys
genus Neophron
genus Neotoma
genus Nepa
genus Nepenthes
genus Nepeta
genus Nephelium

Literary usage of Genus Necturus

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

1. The Batrachians and Reptiles of Indiana by Oliver Perry Hay (1892)
"Only the genus Necturus is found in North America. ... Genus NECTURUS, Rafinesque. Rafinesque, 1819, 97, 417; Boulenger, 1882, 28, 84; Cope, 1889, 51, 23. ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1907)
"... he had been able to study his collections, Rafinesque ('19) erected the new genus Necturus to include this form. I quote part of his description, (p. ..."

3. The Origin of the Fittest: Essays on Evolution by Edward Drinker Cope (1886)
"... in the same zoological region with a genus (Necturus) which differs from its four-toed form (Batrachoseps*) in nothing more than the possession of the ..."

4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1869)
"... and just before its metamorphosis is quite identical in its osteological characters with the genus Necturus. Costal plicae 1 ; head wide, ..."

5. Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society by Buffalo Historical Society, Albert Bigelow, Buffalo Historical Society (Buffalo, N.Y.) (1910)
"Mr. R's. genus Necturus is distinguished from Triturus by having teeth, four toes to all the feet, and the external gills persistent to a very late period. ..."

6. Elementary Textbook of Economic Zoology and Entomology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Rennie Wilbur Doane (1915)
"The mud- puppies or water-dogs, genus Necturus, occur in the rivers and lakes of the northern United States. They attain a length of about two feet when ..."

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