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FAMILY RHINCODONTIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small-toothed sharks comprising only one species

Synonyms:

family Rhincodontidae; Rhincodontidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Rhincodontidae"):

genus Rhincodon; Rhincodon (whale sharks)

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

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

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