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COW SHARK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large primitive shark widely distributed in warm seas
Synonyms:
cow shark; Hexanchus griseus; six-gilled shark
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cow 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 ("cow shark" is a member of...):
genus Hexanchus; Hexanchus (a genus of Hexanchidae)