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CARCHARHINUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Carcharhinidae
Synonyms:
Carcharhinus; genus Carcharhinus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Carcharhinus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Carcharhinus"):
bull shark; Carcharhinus leucas; cub shark (a most common shark in temperate and tropical coastal waters worldwide; heavy-bodied and dangerous)
Carcharhinus plumbeus; sandbar shark (most common grey shark along coasts of middle Atlantic states; sluggish and occasionally caught by fishermen)
blacktip shark; Carcharhinus limbatus; sandbar shark (widely distributed shallow-water shark with fins seemingly dipped in ink)
Carcharinus longimanus; oceanic whitetip shark; white-tipped shark; whitetip shark (large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin; worldwide distribution; most dangerous shark)
Carcharhinus obscurus; dusky shark (relatively slender blue-grey shark; nearly worldwide in tropical and temperate waters)
Holonyms ("Carcharhinus" is a member of...):
Carcharhinidae; family Carcharhinidae (largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharks)
