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ALOPIUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Type genus of the family Alopiidae; in some classifications considered a genus of the family Lamnidae
Synonyms:
Alopius; genus Alopius
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Alopius" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Alopius"):
Alopius vulpinus; fox shark; thrasher; thresher; thresher shark (large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed)
Holonyms ("Alopius" is a member of...):
Alopiidae; family Alopiidae (thresher sharks)