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CARCHARHINUS LIMBATUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Widely distributed shallow-water shark with fins seemingly dipped in ink
Synonyms:
blacktip shark; Carcharhinus limbatus; sandbar shark
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Carcharhinus limbatus" is a kind of...):
requiem shark (any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species)
Holonyms ("Carcharhinus limbatus" is a member of...):
Carcharhinus; genus Carcharhinus (type genus of the Carcharhinidae)