Genus Pholis (Noun)
Meaning
Type genus of the Pholidae: gunnels.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Gunnels have typically grey, cigar-shaped bodies in the genus Pholis.
- Pholis gunnellus is the type species of the genus Pholis.
- The type genus Pholis in the family Pholidae is a group of elongated fish.
- Fish of the genus Pholis, part of the gunnel family Pholidae, are elongated.
- There are several species within the genus Pholis that have been observed spawning during these warmer months.