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FAMILY LAMNIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Oceanic sharks
Synonyms:
family Lamnidae; Lamnidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Lamnidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "family Lamnidae"):
mackerel shark (fierce pelagic and oceanic sharks)
genus Lamna; Lamna (a genus of Lamnidae)
Carcharodon; genus Carcharodon (man-eating sharks)
Cetorhinus; genus Cetorhinus (comprising only the basking sharks; in some classifications considered the type genus of a separate family Cetorhinidae)
Holonyms ("family Lamnidae" is a member of...):
Elasmobranchii; Selachii; subclass Elasmobranchii; subclass Selachii (sharks; rays; dogfishes; skates)
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