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Carcharhinidae

noun

largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharks

• Syn: ↑family Carcharhinidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Elasmobranchii, ↑subclass Elasmobranchii, ↑Selachii, ↑subclass Selachii

• Member Meronyms:

↑requiem shark, ↑Carcharhinus, ↑genus Carcharhinus, ↑Negaprion, ↑genus Negaprion, ↑Prionace, ↑genus Prionace, ↑Galeocerdo, ↑genus Galeocerdo, ↑Galeorhinus, ↑genus Galeorhinus

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\\ˌkärkəˈrinəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Carcharhinus, type genus + -idae

: a large cosmopolitan family comprising sharks with no spines in the dorsal fin and with the last gill opening above the pectoral fin and including the dangerous tiger shark and the economically important soupfin shark

Useful english dictionary. 2012.