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FAMILY LAMNIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Oceanic sharks

Synonyms:

family Lamnidae; Lamnidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Lamnidae" is a kind of...):

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Lamnidae"):

mackerel shark (fierce pelagic and oceanic sharks)

genus Lamna; Lamna (a genus of Lamnidae)

Carcharodon; genus Carcharodon (man-eating sharks)

Cetorhinus; genus Cetorhinus (comprising only the basking sharks; in some classifications considered the type genus of a separate family Cetorhinidae)

Holonyms ("family Lamnidae" is a member of...):

Elasmobranchii; Selachii; subclass Elasmobranchii; subclass Selachii (sharks; rays; dogfishes; skates)

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