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FAMILY CARCHARHINIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharks
Synonyms:
Carcharhinidae; family Carcharhinidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Carcharhinidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "family Carcharhinidae"):
requiem shark (any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species)
Carcharhinus; genus Carcharhinus (type genus of the Carcharhinidae)
genus Negaprion; Negaprion (lemon sharks)
genus Prionace; Prionace (blue sharks)
Galeocerdo; genus Galeocerdo (tiger sharks)
Galeorhinus; genus Galeorhinus (a genus of Carcharhinidae)
Holonyms ("family Carcharhinidae" is a member of...):
Elasmobranchii; Selachii; subclass Elasmobranchii; subclass Selachii (sharks; rays; dogfishes; skates)
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