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    FAMILY LAMNIDAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Oceanic sharksplay

    Synonyms:

    family Lamnidae; Lamnidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Lamnidae" is a kind of...):

    fish family (any of various families of fish)

    Meronyms (members of "family Lamnidae"):

    mackerel shark (fierce pelagic and oceanic sharks)

    genus Lamna; Lamna (a genus of Lamnidae)

    Carcharodon; genus Carcharodon (man-eating sharks)

    Cetorhinus; genus Cetorhinus (comprising only the basking sharks; in some classifications considered the type genus of a separate family Cetorhinidae)

    Holonyms ("family Lamnidae" is a member of...):

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

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