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CARCHARHINIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharks

Synonyms:

Carcharhinidae; family Carcharhinidae

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Carcharhinidae" is a kind of...):

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Carcharhinidae"):

requiem shark (any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species)

Carcharhinus; genus Carcharhinus (type genus of the Carcharhinidae)

genus Negaprion; Negaprion (lemon sharks)

genus Prionace; Prionace (blue sharks)

Galeocerdo; genus Galeocerdo (tiger sharks)

Galeorhinus; genus Galeorhinus (a genus of Carcharhinidae)

Holonyms ("Carcharhinidae" is a member of...):

Elasmobranchii; Selachii; subclass Elasmobranchii; subclass Selachii (sharks; rays; dogfishes; skates)

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