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NEGAPRION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lemon sharks
Synonyms:
genus Negaprion; Negaprion
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Negaprion" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Negaprion"):
lemon shark; Negaprion brevirostris (common shallow-water schooling shark of the Atlantic from North Carolina to Brazil and off west Africa; dangerous)
Holonyms ("Negaprion" is a member of...):
Carcharhinidae; family Carcharhinidae (largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharks)
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