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GALEORHINUS

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Meaning:

A genus of Carcharhinidae

Synonyms:

Galeorhinus; genus Galeorhinus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Galeorhinus" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Galeorhinus"):

Galeorhinus zyopterus; soup-fin; soupfin; soupfin shark (Pacific shark valued for its fins (used by Chinese in soup) and liver (rich in vitamin A))

Holonyms ("Galeorhinus" is a member of...):

Carcharhinidae; family Carcharhinidae (largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharks)

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