Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ornithology, a genus of Falconidæ, of the subfamily Milrinæ; the swallow-tailed kites.
- noun 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.
- noun The stage of growth represented by the spurious genus Nauclerus, 2, as of Seriola or any other genus of carangids.
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Examples
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Digni profect�, quibuscum ipse Munsterus, nauclerus transfretaret.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Digni profectò, quibuscum ipse Munsterus, nauclerus transfretaret.
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Digni profectò, quibuscum ipse Munsterus, nauclerus transfretaret.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 Richard Hakluyt 1584
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