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CETORHINUS MAXIMUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large harmless plankton-eating northern shark; often swims slowly or floats at the sea surfaceplay

Synonyms:

basking shark; Cetorhinus maximus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Cetorhinus maximus" is a kind of...):

mackerel shark (fierce pelagic and oceanic sharks)

Holonyms ("Cetorhinus maximus" is a member of...):

Cetorhinus; genus Cetorhinus (comprising only the basking sharks; in some classifications considered the type genus of a separate family Cetorhinidae)

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