Library / English Dictionary

ISURUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Mako sharks

Synonyms:

genus Isurus; Isurus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Isurus"):

mako; mako shark (powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific)

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

family Isuridae; Isuridae (in some classifications another name for the family Lamnidae)

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