ORECTOLOBUS BARBATUS

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Meaning:

Shark of the western Pacific with flattened body and mottled skin

Synonyms:

carpet shark; Orectolobus barbatus

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Orectolobus barbatus" is a kind of...):

shark (any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales)

Holonyms ("Orectolobus barbatus" is a member of...):

genus Orectolobus; Orectolobus (carpet sharks)

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