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ODONTASPIS TAURUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shallow-water shark with sharp jagged teeth found on both sides of Atlantic; sometimes dangerous to swimmers
Synonyms:
Carcharias taurus; Odontaspis taurus; sand shark; sand tiger
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Odontaspis taurus" 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 ("Odontaspis taurus" is a member of...):
Carcharias; genus Carcharias; genus Odontaspis; Odontaspis (type and sole genus of Carchariidae: sand sharks)
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