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    GENUS CETORHINUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Comprising only the basking sharks; in some classifications considered the type genus of a separate family Cetorhinidaeplay

    Synonyms:

    Cetorhinus; genus Cetorhinus

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("genus Cetorhinus" is a kind of...):

    fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Cetorhinus"):

    basking shark; Cetorhinus maximus (large harmless plankton-eating northern shark; often swims slowly or floats at the sea surface)

    Holonyms ("genus Cetorhinus" is a member of...):

    family Lamnidae; Lamnidae (oceanic sharks)

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