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NEGAPRION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Lemon sharks

Synonyms:

genus Negaprion; Negaprion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Negaprion"):

lemon shark; Negaprion brevirostris (common shallow-water schooling shark of the Atlantic from North Carolina to Brazil and off west Africa; dangerous)

Holonyms ("Negaprion" 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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