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    SQUALUS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Spiny dogfishesplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Squalus; Squalus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

    Meronyms (members of "Squalus"):

    Atlantic spiny dogfish; Squalus acanthias (destructive dogfish of the Atlantic coastal waters of America and Europe; widely used in anatomy classes)

    Pacific spiny dogfish; Squalus suckleyi (dogfish of Pacific coast of North America)

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

    family Squalidae; Squalidae (dogfishes having a spine in each dorsal fin)

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