GENUS CETORHINUS

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Meaning:

Comprising only the basking sharks; in some classifications considered the type genus of a separate family Cetorhinidae

Synonyms:

Cetorhinus; genus Cetorhinus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Cetorhinus"):

basking shark; Cetorhinus maximus (large harmless plankton-eating northern shark; often swims slowly or floats at the sea surface)

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

family Lamnidae; Lamnidae (oceanic sharks)