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MUSTELUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Smooth dogfishes

Synonyms:

genus Mustelus; Mustelus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Mustelus"):

American smooth dogfish; Mustelus canis (found along the Atlantic coast of the Americas)

Florida smoothhound; Mustelus norrisi (found from the northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil)

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

family Triakidae; Triakidae (small sharks with smooth skins and lacking spines on their dorsal fins)

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