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GINGLYMOSTOMA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Nurse sharks

Synonyms:

genus Ginglymostoma; Ginglymostoma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Ginglymostoma"):

Ginglymostoma cirratum; nurse shark (small bottom-dwelling shark of warm shallow waters on both coasts of North America and South America and from southeast Asia to Australia)

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

family Orectolobidae; Orectolobidae (nurse sharks and carpet sharks)

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