ANGEL SHARK

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Meaning:

Sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do

Synonyms:

angel shark; angelfish; monkfish; Squatina squatina

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("angel shark" 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 ("angel shark" is a member of...):

genus Squatina; Squatina (type genus of the Squatinidae: angel sharks)

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