nauclerus

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. In ornithology, a genus of Falconidæ, of the subfamily Milrinæ; the swallow-tailed kites. The type is the African N. riocouri, and the genus has often also included the American N. fureatus, now usually called Elanoiden forficatus. See cut under Elanoides.
2. n. In ichthyology, a spurious genus of fishes, based on the young of Naucrates, or a stage of development of the young pilot-fish, Naucrates ductor, when a first dorsal fin and preopercular spines are present.
3. n. The stage of growth represented by the spurious genus Nauclerus, 2, as of Seriola or any other genus of carangids.