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CARCHARODON

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Man-eating sharks

Synonyms:

Carcharodon; genus Carcharodon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Carcharodon"):

Carcharodon carcharias; great white shark; man-eater; man-eating shark; white shark (large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans)

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

family Lamnidae; Lamnidae (oceanic sharks)

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