CARCHARHINIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Carcharhinidae mean? 

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

1. largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharks

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARCHARHINIDAE (noun)

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Meaning:

Largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Carcharhinidae; family Carcharhinidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Carcharhinidae"):

requiem shark (any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species)

Carcharhinus; genus Carcharhinus (type genus of the Carcharhinidae)

genus Negaprion; Negaprion (lemon sharks)

genus Prionace; Prionace (blue sharks)

Galeocerdo; genus Galeocerdo (tiger sharks)

Galeorhinus; genus Galeorhinus (a genus of Carcharhinidae)

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

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