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RHINCODON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Whale sharks

Synonyms:

genus Rhincodon; Rhincodon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Rhincodon"):

Rhincodon typus; whale shark (large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide; resembles a whale and feeds chiefly on plankton)

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

family Rhincodontidae; Rhincodontidae (small-toothed sharks comprising only one species)

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