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SPHYRNA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Sphyrnidae

Synonyms:

genus Sphyrna; Sphyrna

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Sphyrna"):

hammerhead; hammerhead shark (medium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a flattened hammer-shaped head; worldwide in warm waters; can be dangerous)

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

family Sphyrnidae; Sphyrnidae (hammerhead sharks; bonnethead sharks)

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