Definition, Meaning & Anagrams | English word ARGENTEUS

Definitions of ARGENTEUS

1. A silver coin, minted in the Roman Empire between 294 and 310, weighing approximately 3 scruples.

Examples of Using ARGENTEUS in a Sentence

• Among the items are the Codex Argenteus, the map Carta marina, and a first edition of Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
• All coins in the Decrees and the Edict were valued according to the denarius, which Diocletian hoped to replace with a new system based on the silver argenteus and its fractions (although some modern writers call this the "denarius communis", this phrase is a modern invention, and is not found in any ancient text).
• The denarius continued to shrink in size and purity, until by the second half of the third century, it was only about 2% silver, and was replaced by the Argenteus.
• Closely related species include the silver-backed butcherbird (Cracticus argenteus) and the black-backed butcherbird (Cracticus mentalis).
• The impecunious queen paid her former librarian's outstanding back pay in books, among which was the Codex Argenteus.
• argenteus has 38 opsin genes for the rods in its retinas, suggesting that they can see in color in very low light conditions.
• Pampus argenteus, the silver pomfret or white pomfret (or pompano to avoid confusion with true pomfrets of the genus Bramidae), is a species of butterfish that lives in the Indo-West Pacific, spanning the coastal waters of the Middle East, Eastern Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia.
• It was originally named Esox argenteus, but that name was already in use for the giant kokopu, and it was later renamed Albula forsteri.
• The marine fish of Mauritius include holocentrids (Myripristis berndti, Neoniphon sammara, Sargocentron spiniferum and Sargocentron diadema), mullet (Mugil cephalus and Crenimugil crenilabis), rabbitfish (Siganus sutor and Siganus argenteus), groupers (Cephalopholis sonnerati, Cephalopholis argus, Epinephelus fasciatus, Epinephelus hexagonatus, Epinephelus lanceolatus, Epinephelus merra, Epinephelus morio, Epinephelus tukula and Variola louti), seabream (Rhabdosargus sarba), jacks (Caranx ignobilis, Elagatis bipinnulata and Trachinotus baillonii), goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis, Parupeneus barberinus and Parupeneus cyclostomus), butterflyfish (Chaetodon trifasciatus, Chaetodon kleinii, Chaetodon auriga, Hemitaurichthys zoster and Forcipiger flavissimus), Moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus), angelfish (Pomacanthus semicirculatus), cardinalfish (Ostorhinchus apogonoides and Cheilodipterus macrodon), emperors (Monotaxis grandoculis, Gnathodentex aureolineatus, Lethrinus mahsena, Lethrinus nebulosus and Lethrinus harak), hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus, Cirrhitops mascarenensis and Paracirrhites forsteri), damsels (Abudefduf sparoides, Abudefduf margariteus, Abudefduf sordidus, Chromis viridis, Dascyllus abudafur, Pomacentrus pikei, Pomacentrus caeruleus, Stegastes limbatus, Stegastes lividus and Stegastes pelicieri), clownfish (Amphiprion chrysogaster, Amphiprion clarkii and Amphiprion allardi), tangs (Acanthurus nigrofuscus, Acanthurus triostegus, Ctenochaetus striatus, Paracanthurus, Zebrasoma gemmatum and Naso unicornis), snappers (Etelis carbunculus, Etelis coruscans and Lutjanus kasmira), jobfish (Aprion and Pristipomoides filamentosus), parrotfish (Chlorurus cyanescens, Scarus scaber and Scarus ghobban), mahi mahi (Coryphaena hippurus), scombrids (Thunnus albacares, Katsuwonus pelamis and Acanthocybium solandri), barracudas (Sphyraena barracuda and Sphyraena acutipinnis), natal moony (Monodactylus argenteus), boxfish (Ostracion meleagris and Ostracion trachys), pufferfish (Arothron nigropunctatus, Arothron hispidus and Canthigaster valentini), porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix, Diodon liturosus and Diodon holocanthus), triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum, Balistapus, Pseudobalistes fuscus, Odonus niger, Rhinecanthus aculeatus and Sufflamen chrysopterum), blennies (Alticus monochrus), gobies (Nemateleotris magnifica, Istigobius decoratus and Valenciennea strigata), catfish (Plotosus lineatus), anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis and Pseudanthias evansi), wrasses (Coris aygula, Bodianus anthioides, Bodianus macrourus, Cheilinus trilobatus, Cheilinus chlorourus, Halichoeres hortulanus, Macropharyngodon bipartitus and Labroides dimidiatus), tilefish (Malacanthus latovittatus), fusiliers (Caesio caerulaurea and Caesio teres), eels (Gymnothorax griseus and Myrichthys maculosus), scorpionfish (Pterois antennata, Rhinopias eschmeyeri, Scorpaenopsis cirrosa and Synanceia verrucosa), anglerfish (Antennarius commerson and Antennarius maculatus), seahorses (Hippocampus histrix), cornetfish (Fistularia commersonii), trumpetfish (Aulostomus chinensis), needlefish (Tylosurus crocodilus), marlins (Istiompax indica, Makaira mazara, Kajikia audax and Istiophorus platypterus), swordfish (Xiphias gladius), rays (Aetobatus narinari, Mobula alfredi and Mobula birostris), sharks (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Carcharhinus leucas, Carcharhinus limbatus, Carcharhinus melanopterus, Galeocerdo cuvier, Rhincodon typus, Sphyrna lewini and Sphyrna mokarran), remoras (Echeneis naucrates and Remora remora) and many more.
• Xeractinol, a dihydroflavonol C-glucoside, can be isolated from the leaves of Paepalanthus argenteus var.
• The streamlined spinefoot (Siganus argenteus), also known as the forktail rabbitfish, schooling rabbitfish or silver spinefoot, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a rabbitfish belonging to the family Siganidae.
• Plant species occurring with this cinquefoil in multiple habitat types include prairie junegrass (Koeleria macrantha), elk sedge (Carex geyeri), western yarrow (Achillea millefolium), silvery lupine (Lupinus argenteus), common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), and beautiful fleabane (Erigeron formosissimus).
• The larvae feed on Asystasia, Graptophyllum, Pseuderanthemum, Oreocnide and Pipturus species (including Pipturus argenteus).
• Associated plants include Arenaria congesta (ballhead sandwort), Balsamorhiza incana (hoary balsamroot), Draba oligosperma (few-seed draba), Elymus spicatus (bluebunch wheatgrass), Erigeron compositus (cut-leaved daisy), Haplopappus acaulis (stemless mock goldenweed), Hymenoxys acaulis (stemless hymenoxys), Hymenoxys richardsonii (Richardson’s hymenoxys), Koeleria macrantha (Junegrass), Lomatium cous (biscuitroot), Lupinus argenteus (silvery lupine), Oxytropis sericea (white locoweed), Phlox hoodii (Hood’s phlox), Phlox multiflora (many-flowered phlox), Poa secunda (Sandberg bluegrass), Potentilla ovina (sheep cinquefoil), Sedum lanceolatum (lance-leaved stonecrop), Senecio canus (woolly groundsel), and Townsendia spathulata (spoon-leaved Easter-daisy).
• Eucinostomus argenteus, the spotfin mojarra or silver mojarra, is a species of fish belonging to the family Gerreidae.
• Reptiles include typical Amazon species such as the gecko Gonatodes eladioi, the lizards Bachia flavescens and Anolis punctatus, false coral snake (Anilius scytale), pit viper Bothriopsis taeniata, emerald tree boa (Corallus caninus) and Xenoxybelis argenteus.
• Abundant fish species include the tomtate grunt (Haemulon aurolineatum), sergeant major (Abudefduf saxatilis), brown chromis (Chromis multilineata), dusky damselfish (Stegastes fuscus), jubauna reeffish (Chromis jubauna), silver porgy (Diplodus argenteus), porkfish (Anisotremus virginicus) and ringneck blenny (Parablennius pilicornis).
• Cucumis argenteus is a vine in the family Cucurbitaceae that is native to Western Australia through parts of the Pilbara and northeastern Goldfields-Esperance regions.
• Microcotyle guanabarensis was first described by Bravo-Hollis and Kohn in 1990 from the gills of Eucinostomus argenteus (Gerreidae) off Brasil.
• The forest grows more diverse inland, and includes Pisonia grandis, Pandanus tectorius, Pipturus argenteus, Sesbania coccinea, Cordia subcordata, Morinda citrifolia, and Calophyllum inophyllum.
• Lobostemon argenteus, or the silver healthbush, blue rocket bugloss or disselblaarluibos, is a species in the forget-me-not family that is endemic to South Africa.

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