ALOPIUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Alopius mean? 

• ALOPIUS (noun)
  The noun ALOPIUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the family Alopiidae; in some classifications considered a genus of the family Lamnidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALOPIUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Type genus of the family Alopiidae; in some classifications considered a genus of the family Lamnidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Alopius; genus Alopius

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Alopius"):

Alopius vulpinus; fox shark; thrasher; thresher; thresher shark (large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed)

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

Alopiidae; family Alopiidae (thresher sharks)