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SQUALUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spiny dogfishes

Synonyms:

genus Squalus; Squalus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Squalus"):

Atlantic spiny dogfish; Squalus acanthias (destructive dogfish of the Atlantic coastal waters of America and Europe; widely used in anatomy classes)

Pacific spiny dogfish; Squalus suckleyi (dogfish of Pacific coast of North America)

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

family Squalidae; Squalidae (dogfishes having a spine in each dorsal fin)

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