Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ichthyology, a genus of sparoid fishes, properly called
Diplodus , typical of the subfamily Sargina. Various limits have been given to it; and the American sheepshead was included in it by the old authors. - noun In entomology, a genus of dipterous insects.
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Some few breed in autumn: as, for instance, the saupe and the sargus, and such others of this sort as breed shortly before the autumn equinox; likewise the electric ray and the angel-fish.
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(Digenea; Mesometridae) rectal parasite Diplodus sargus (Teleostei, Sparidae) theern Mediterranean
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