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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Sparidae — the Australasian snapper.
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Examples
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No. 2, inferior bone and teeth of a large fish allied to Labrus or Chrysophrys; No. 3, left side, pre-maxillary, possibly same species; and No. 4, lower right mandible of Sphrodon grandoculis, Rüppell.
The Land of Midian — Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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225 Dr.C. Carter Blake examined the four brought home, and identified No. 1, superior pharyngeal bone and teeth (Scarus); No. 2, inferior bone and teeth of a large fish allied to Labrus or Chrysophrys; No. 3, left side, pre-maxillary, possibly same species; and No. 4, lower right mandible of Sphœrodon grandoculis, Rüppell.
The Land of Midian 2003
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