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SOUPFIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pacific shark valued for its fins (used by Chinese in soup) and liver (rich in vitamin A)
Synonyms:
Galeorhinus zyopterus; soup-fin; soupfin; soupfin shark
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("soupfin" is a kind of...):
requiem shark (any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species)
Holonyms ("soupfin" is a member of...):
Galeorhinus; genus Galeorhinus (a genus of Carcharhinidae)
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