SIX-GILLED SHARK

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large primitive shark widely distributed in warm seas

Synonyms:

cow shark; Hexanchus griseus; six-gilled shark

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("six-gilled shark" 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 ("six-gilled shark" is a member of...):

genus Hexanchus; Hexanchus (a genus of Hexanchidae)

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