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Definition of Genus sillago
1. Noun. Type genus of the Sillaginidae.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Sillaginidae, Sillaginidae
Member holonyms: Whiting
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Sillago
Literary usage of Genus sillago
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"Four species of the fish of the genus Sillago are called Whiting in Australia (see
quotation). The New Zealand Whiting is ..."
2. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1881)
"... pectorals yellow, with several narrow crimson lines of spots; eye yellow.
Bass's Straits (one specimen, Castelnau). Genus SILLAGO, Cuv. ..."
3. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1887)
"... which follow, have a fine slender form, a good flavour, and a pretty name;
for two or three of their genus Sillago are known in India as "lady fishes/' ..."
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