HEXANCHUS GRISEUS

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Meaning:

Large primitive shark widely distributed in warm seas

Synonyms:

cow shark; Hexanchus griseus; six-gilled shark

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Hexanchus griseus" is a kind of...):

shark (any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales)

Holonyms ("Hexanchus griseus" is a member of...):

genus Hexanchus; Hexanchus (a genus of Hexanchidae)

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