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Cetorhinus

noun

comprising only the basking sharks; in some classifications considered the type genus of a separate family Cetorhinidae

• Syn: ↑genus Cetorhinus

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Lamnidae, ↑family Lamnidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑basking shark, ↑Cetorhinus maximus

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\\-ˈrīnəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from cet- + -rhinus

: a genus that includes the basking shark as its only living species and is commonly placed in the family Lamnidae or sometimes made the type of a separate family (Cetorhinidae)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.