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Lamnidae

noun

oceanic sharks

• Syn: ↑family Lamnidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

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

• Member Meronyms:

↑mackerel shark, ↑Lamna, ↑genus Lamna, ↑Carcharodon, ↑genus Carcharodon, ↑Cetorhinus, ↑genus Cetorhinus

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\\-nəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

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

: a family of large fierce pelagic sharks including the porbeagle and related forms — see mackerel shark

• lamnoid \\-ˌnȯid\ adjective or noun

Useful english dictionary. 2012.