Definition of Psephurus

1. Noun. A genus of Polyodontidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Psephurus
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Polyodontidae, Polyodontidae
Member holonyms: Chinese Paddlefish, Psephurus Gladis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Psephurus

Prussian blue
Prussianism
Prussianisms
Prussians
Prutenic
Przevalski's horse
Przewalski's horse
Przewalski's horses
Príncipe
Ps.
Psa.
Psalms
Psalter
Psaltriparus
Psenes
Psephurus
Psephurus gladis
Psetta
Psetta maxima
Psettichthys
Psettichthys melanostichus
Pseudacris
Pseudaletia
Pseudaletia unipuncta
Pseudechis
Pseudechis porphyriacus
Pseudemys
Pseudemys concinna
Pseudemys rubriventris
Pseudemys scripta

Literary usage of Psephurus

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

1. An Introduction to the Study of Fishes by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1880)
"psephurus differs from Polyodon in having the rostral process less ... psephurus gladius. specimens of 20 feet in length being mentioned by Basilewsky. ..."

2. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"In the great rivers of China, the Yangtse and the Hoang Ho, is a second species, F1o. 11.—psephurus gladius Giinther. Yangtse River. (After Giinther. ..."

3. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"In the great rivers of China, the Yangtse and the Hoang Ho, is a second species, Fio. 11.—psephurus gladius Günther. Yangtse River. (After Günther. ..."

4. A Manual of Palæontology, for the Use of Students: With a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Richard Lydekker (1889)
"... and psephurus of two rivers in China, the skin is typically nearly or quite naked, the mouth is of enormous width, and the jaws carry minute teeth. ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"The pike, Lucius Indus, was common to Europe, Asia and America and the nearest allies of the American Polyodon and Scaphirhynchus were psephurus and several ..."

6. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"381) of the Mississippi Valley, and psephurus gladius of the Yang-tse-Kiang in China. Polyodon reaches a length of six feet and a weight of one hundred and ..."

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