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Esox

noun
1.
Type and only genus of the family Esocidae.  Synonym: genus Esox.



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"Esox" Quotes from Famous Books



... much smaller size than the females, so that a large number of males would escape from the same net by which the females were caught. M. Carbonnier (70. Quoted in the 'Farmer,' March 18, 1869, p. 369.), who has especially attended to the natural history of the pike (Esox lucius), states that many males, owing to their small size, are devoured by the larger females; and he believes that the males of almost all fish are exposed from this same cause to greater danger than the females. Nevertheless, in the few ...
— The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex • Charles Darwin

... inhabit our ponds. One, technically known as Esox reticulatus, is the Eastern pickerel, known sometimes as green pike or jack, but more often as pond pickerel. He is a big green fish, a golden lustre on his reticulated sides and in colonial times he was known as chain pickerel ...
— Old Plymouth Trails • Winthrop Packard



Words linked to "Esox" :   fish genus, pike, family Esocidae, Esocidae, Esox lucius



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