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Mustelus

noun

smooth dogfishes

• Syn: ↑genus Mustelus

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Triakidae, ↑family Triakidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑American smooth dogfish, ↑Mustelus canis, ↑Florida smoothhound, ↑Mustelus norrisi

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\\ˌməˈstēləs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin mustela weasel, a fish — more at mustela

: a genus of dogfishes of the family Triakidae including the smooth hound

Useful english dictionary. 2012.