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Prionotus

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Noun1.PrionotusPrionotus - a genus of Triglidae                
genus Prionotus
fish genus - any of various genus of fish
family Triglidae, Triglidae - in some classifications restricted to the gurnards and subdivided into the subfamilies Triglinae (true sea robins) and Peristediinae (armored sea robins)
northern sea robin, Prionotus carolinus - large searobin; found from Nova Scotia to Florida
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To finish with the zoology: the fifteen kinds of sea-fish which I procured here are all new species; they belong to twelve genera, all widely distributed, with the exception of Prionotus, of which the four previously known species live on the eastern side of America.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
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