Definition of Genus Orthopristis

1. Noun. A genus of Haemulidae.

Exact synonyms: Orthopristis
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Haemulidae, Haemulidae
Member holonyms: Hogfish, Orthopristis Chrysopterus, Pigfish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Orthopristis

genus Orchis
genus Orcinus
genus Oreamnos
genus Orectolobus
genus Oreopteris
genus Oreortyx
genus Origanum
genus Oriolus
genus Orites
genus Ormosia
genus Ornithogalum
genus Ornithorhynchus
genus Orontium
genus Ortalis
genus Orthilia
genus Orthopristis (current term)
genus Orthotomus
genus Orycteropus
genus Oryctolagus
genus Oryx
genus Oryza
genus Oryzomys
genus Oryzopsis
genus Osmanthus
genus Osmerus
genus Osmunda
genus Ostrea
genus Ostrya
genus Ostryopsis
genus Otaria

Literary usage of Genus Orthopristis

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

1. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"... occurs on the Pacific coast of tropical America, from Mazatlan to Peru. It is not uncommon on sandy shores. genus Orthopristis GIRARD The ..."

2. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"Genus ORTHOPRISTIS Girard. Pig-fishes. Rather small fishes with oblong, compressed body, elevated back, compressed head, small mouth, teeth in bands in jaws ..."

3. The Fishes of North Carolina by Hugh McCormick Smith (1907)
"Genus ORTHOPRISTIS Girard. Pig-fishes. Rather small fishes with oblong, compressed body, elevated back, compressed head, small mouth, teeth in bands in jaws ..."

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