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Definition of Necturus
1. Noun. A genus of Proteidae.
Generic synonyms: Amphibian Genus
Group relationships: Family Proteidae, Proteidae
Member holonyms: Mud Puppy, Necturus Maculosus
Medical Definition of Necturus
1. A genus of the proteidae family with five recognised species, which inhabit the atlantic and gulf drainages. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Necturus
Literary usage of Necturus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Course in Vertebrate Zoölogy: A Guide to the Dissection and Comparative by Henry Sherring Pratt (1905)
"necturus necturus, or the mud puppy, is one of the largest of the sali- manders.
It is common throughout the central portions of the country, where it lives ..."
2. The Journal of Comparative Neurology and Psychology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1905)
"With Plat* V. A superficial study of the optic vesicles as they develop in necturus
showed certain interesting features, which have not been heretofore ..."
3. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1907)
"A PECULIAR PELVIC ATTACHMENT IN necturus MACULATUS. CLARA HEPBURN. While studying
the vertebral column of ..."
4. Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences edited by [Anonymus AC02809657] (1888)
"In the necturus the nerves also break up into very fine twigs, which enter the
gland cells and branch, and terminate in beads or swellings near the 1. ..."
5. The Nasal Organ in Amphibia by George Marsh Higgins (1921)
"necturus MACULATUS As in Spelerpes, ... of the nasal capsule of necturus is
greatly retarded; so that, except for the mere extension of the trabeculae into ..."
6. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1906)
"Upon the study of the lake species (necturus maculosus Rafinesque) the following
... The many names under which necturus has been described lead to such ..."
7. Practical physiological chemistry: A Book Designed for Use in Courses in by Philip Bovier Hawk (1916)
"OXYHEMOGLOBIN CRYSTALS FROM BLOOD OF THE necturus. Reproduced from a micro-photograph
furnished by Prof. ET Reichert, of the University Carbon monoxide ..."
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