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LAMNA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A genus of Lamnidae

Synonyms:

genus Lamna; Lamna

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Lamna"):

Lamna nasus; porbeagle (voracious pointed-nose shark of northern Atlantic and Pacific)

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

family Lamnidae; Lamnidae (oceanic sharks)

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