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ALOPIIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Alopiidae mean? 

ALOPIIDAE (noun)
  The noun ALOPIIDAE has 1 sense:

1. thresher sharksplay

  Familiarity information: ALOPIIDAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ALOPIIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Thresher sharks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Alopiidae; family Alopiidae

Hypernyms ("Alopiidae" is a kind of...):

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Alopiidae"):

Alopius; genus Alopius (type genus of the family Alopiidae; in some classifications considered a genus of the family Lamnidae)

Holonyms ("Alopiidae" is a member of...):

Elasmobranchii; Selachii; subclass Elasmobranchii; subclass Selachii (sharks; rays; dogfishes; skates)


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