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Definition of Notonecta
1. Noun. Type genus of the Notonectidae: backswimmers.
Exact synonyms: Genus Notonecta
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Notonectidae, Notonectidae
Member holonyms: Backswimmer, Notonecta Undulata
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Notonectidae, Notonectidae
Member holonyms: Backswimmer, Notonecta Undulata
Lexicographical Neighbors of Notonecta
Literary usage of Notonecta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"They compose the genus notonecta, Lin. Which has been divided in the following
... The genus Plea, Leach, which that gentleman establishes on the notonecta ..."
2. Outlines of Comparative Anatomy and Medical Zoology by Harrison Allen (1869)
"The rostrum, as in notonecta, is short and obtuse and the wound inflicted very
painful but not at all dangerous. APHIS. Antennae, properly speaking, longer ..."
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