Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of delphinoid odontocete cetaceans, containing only the narwhal, M. monoceros, distinguished by its unique dentition.
- noun In conchology, same as
Monodonta .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology Any
toothed whale (such as thenarwhal ) of the familyMonodontidae
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of the Monodontidae
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Examples
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She focused on brood stock development and pond grow out culture of shrimp (Penaeus monodon) and produced a number of publications on P. monodon culture that led to the development and improvement of seed production, hatchery operations, and pond culture of P. monodon in the country.
Archive 2008-06-01 Peggy 2008
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She focused on brood stock development and pond grow out culture of shrimp (Penaeus monodon) and produced a number of publications on P. monodon culture that led to the development and improvement of seed production, hatchery operations, and pond culture of P. monodon in the country.
Women of Science Honored in the Philippines Peggy 2008
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"The Australian prawn aquaculture industry depends on black tiger prawns, Penaeus monodon,"
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Gay Marsden with a black tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon).
Livescience.com 2009
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The Australian prawn aquaculture industry depends on black tiger prawns, Penaeus monodon.
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The Australian prawn aquaculture industry depends on black tiger prawns, Penaeus monodon.
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Wilson K, Li Y, Whan V, Lehnert S, Byrne K, et al. (2002) Genetic mapping of the black tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon with amplified fragment length polymorphism.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Madeleine J. H. van Oppen et al. 2008
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