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Hexanchus

noun

a genus of Hexanchidae

• Syn: ↑genus Hexanchus

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Hexanchidae, ↑family Hexanchidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑cow shark, ↑six-gilled shark, ↑Hexanchus griseus

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\\hekˈsaŋkəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from hexa- + anchus (probably from Greek anchein to strangle) — more at anger

: the type genus of the family Hexanchidae sometimes considered to include all living members of the family but sometimes restricted to those with six pairs of branchial clefts

Useful english dictionary. 2012.