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CARPET SHARK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shark of the western Pacific with flattened body and mottled skin
Synonyms:
carpet shark; Orectolobus barbatus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("carpet shark" is a kind of...):
shark (any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales)
Holonyms ("carpet shark" is a member of...):
genus Orectolobus; Orectolobus (carpet sharks)