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\ nounUsage: capitalized
: the type genus of Carcharhinidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.