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CETORHINUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cetorhinus mean?
• CETORHINUS (noun)
The noun CETORHINUS has 1 sense:
1. comprising only the basking sharks; in some classifications considered the type genus of a separate family Cetorhinidae
Familiarity information: CETORHINUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Comprising only the basking sharks; in some classifications considered the type genus of a separate family Cetorhinidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cetorhinus; genus Cetorhinus
Hypernyms ("Cetorhinus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Cetorhinus"):
basking shark; Cetorhinus maximus (large harmless plankton-eating northern shark; often swims slowly or floats at the sea surface)
Holonyms ("Cetorhinus" is a member of...):
family Lamnidae; Lamnidae (oceanic sharks)
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