carcharhinus
English Thesaurus
1. type genus of the Carcharhinidae (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | fish genus, |
| definition | : | any of various genus of fish (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | carcharhinus plumbeus, sandbar shark, |
| definition | : | most common grey shark along coasts of middle Atlantic states; sluggish and occasionally caught by fishermen (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | carcharhinus obscurus, dusky shark, |
| definition | : | relatively slender blue-grey shark; nearly worldwide in tropical and temperate waters (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | carcharhinidae, family carcharhinidae, |
| definition | : | largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharks (noun.animal) |
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