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Carcharhinus

noun

type genus of the Carcharhinidae

• Syn: ↑genus Carcharhinus

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Carcharhinidae, ↑family Carcharhinidae

• Member Meronyms:

↑bull shark, ↑cub shark, ↑Carcharhinus leucas, ↑sandbar shark, ↑Carcharhinus plumbeus, ↑blacktip shark, ↑Carcharhinus limbatus, ↑whitetip shark, ↑oceanic whitetip shark, ↑white-tipped shark, ↑Carcharinus longimanus, ↑dusky shark, ↑Carcharhinus obscurus

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\\-ˈrīnəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek karcharos sawlike + New Latin -rhinus

: the type genus of Carcharhinidae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.