SQUALUS ACANTHIAS

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Meaning:

Destructive dogfish of the Atlantic coastal waters of America and Europe; widely used in anatomy classes

Synonyms:

Atlantic spiny dogfish; Squalus acanthias

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Nouns denoting animals

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

spiny dogfish (small bottom-dwelling dogfishes)

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

genus Squalus; Squalus (spiny dogfishes)

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