Cottus
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Cottus gobio
Translingual
Etymology
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Proper noun
Cottus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cottidae – the freshwater sculpins.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Perciformes – order; Cottoidei - suborder; Cottales - infraorder; Cottidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Cottus gobio (European sculpin) - type species; Cottus kazika (fourspine sculpin); for other species see
Cottus on WikispeciesWikispecies or 
Cottus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Derived terms
- Andriashevicottus
- Antipodocottus
- Argyrocottus
- Astrocottus
- Atopocottus
- Clinocottus
- Cottiusculus
- Cottunculus
- Dasycottus
- Leiocottus
- Leptocottus
- Malacocottus
- Megalocottus
- Mesocottus
- Microcottus
- Oligocottus
- Phallocottus
- Phasmatocottus
- Porocottus
- Taurocottus
- Trichocottus
References
- Cottus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Cottus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Cottus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
Proper noun
Cottus
- (Greek mythology) One of the Hecatoncheires (hundred-handed monster) of Ancient Greek mythology.