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GENUS CARCHARODON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Carcharodon mean? 

GENUS CARCHARODON (noun)
  The noun GENUS CARCHARODON has 1 sense:

1. man-eating sharksplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS CARCHARODON used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS CARCHARODON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Man-eating sharks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Carcharodon; genus Carcharodon

Hypernyms ("genus Carcharodon" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Carcharodon"):

Carcharodon carcharias; great white shark; man-eater; man-eating shark; white shark (large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans)

Holonyms ("genus Carcharodon" is a member of...):

family Lamnidae; Lamnidae (oceanic sharks)


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