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Definition of the noun squalus
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Definition of the noun squalus

What does squalus mean as a name of something?

noun - plural: -

spiny dogfishes
- lexical domain: Animals - nouns denoting animals
- synonym of Squalus: genus Squalus
- more generic term: fish genus = any of various genus of fish
- member of: family Squalidae / Squalidae = dogfishes having a spine in each dorsal fin
- members:
  - Atlantic spiny dogfish / Squalus acanthias = destructive dogfish of the Atlantic coastal waters of America and Europe
  - Pacific spiny dogfish / Squalus suckleyi = dogfish of Pacific coast of North America

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The Journal of Cancer Research (1916)

Squalus is a dogfish or small shark. In the examination of 217 specimens of dogfish from the Pacific...

Public Health and Medicine (1917)

Squalus is a dogfish, or small shark. These authors, in the examination of 217 specimens of...

Proceedings of the second Pan American scientific congress (1917)

Washington, U. S. A., Monday, December 27, 1915 to Saturday, January 8, 1916 by Glen Levin Swiggett

Squalus is a dogfish, or small shark. These authors, in the examination of 217 specimens of dogfish...

Anthropology ... (1917)

Squalus is a dogfish, or small shark. These authors, in the examination of 217 specimens of...

Anatomy of the Dogfish (1943)

by Edgar Locke Lazier

Squalus is a genus belonging to the order Elasmobranchii of the class Chondrichthyes. The Atlantic spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias, has been the subject of more ...

Encyclopaedia Londinensis, Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature (1828)

Squalus acanthias, or picked dog-fish.--Dorsal fins spinous; the body is roundish; a variety has an ocellate body.—This species inhabits most seas; it is about three feet and a half long; the body above is blackish, dotted sparingly with white; ...

London Encyclopaedia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics (1829)

Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge

Squalus canicula. Gen. 2. Carcharias of Cuvier.—Snout depressed; nostrils under its medial line. Squalus carcharias. S. vulpes. S. glaucus. Gen. 3. Lamna of Cuvier.—Snout pyramidal. Squalus cornubicus. Gen. 4. 2ngana of Cuvier.— Head of ...

Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of Knowledge. [With] Supp (1816)

by Encyclopaedia Perthensis

SQUALUS GR1SEUS, the Gri/et. 16. SqualusIndicus, the Indian (hark abounds in the Indian ocean. 17. Squalus Isabella has a wrinkly spotted skin, and the anterior dorsal fin is perpendicolar to the abdominal fine. The body is somewhat slat; ...

The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia (1832)

Squalus. Shark. Body round, tapering; gill openings from five to seven on each side of the neck. This genus contains upwards of thirty species, whose characters and organs have not been described with sufficient attention.

Encyclopaedia Perthensis, Or, Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, Etc. : Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference (1816)

SQUALUs carul Us, the smaller dog sh, has a large head; the pupil of the eye is black; the iris white; ...

Encyclopaedia Londinensis (1828)

by John Wilkes

Squalus barbatus.--The gape of the mouth is bearded with vermiform appendages. and short; the teeth are lanceolate, in many rows; cirri unequal, about an inch and a half long, and branched before. The temporal orifice is large; vent in the ...

United Editors Encyclopedia and Dictionary (1907)

A Library of Universal Knowledge and an Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language ...

squalus, a sharki, Gr. eidos, resemblance]: resembling or pertaining to the Shark family. SQUALIDAE-SQUALUs: see SHARK. SQUALOR: see under SQUALID. SQUAM, skwam, LAKE, or LAKE ASQUAM, is-skwám' ...

Universal Technological Dictionary Or Familiar Explanation of the Terms Used in All Arts and Sciences (1823)

Containing Definitions Drawn from the Original Writers : in Two Volumes by George Crabb

— Squalus canicida, Spotted Dog-fish. — Squalus acanthias, Prickly-Dog-Fish. — Squalus vulpes, Sea Fox.

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Photo about Squalus

Alburnus arborella x Squalius squalus hybrid

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Scrabble value of S₁Q₁₀U₁A₁L₁U₁S₁

The value of this 7-letter word is 16 points, but it's not an accepted word in the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary.

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