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GENUS ISURUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Isurus mean?
• GENUS ISURUS (noun)
The noun GENUS ISURUS has 1 sense:
1. mako sharks
Familiarity information: GENUS ISURUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mako sharks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Isurus; Isurus
Hypernyms ("genus Isurus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Isurus"):
mako; mako shark (powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific)
Holonyms ("genus Isurus" is a member of...):
family Isuridae; Isuridae (in some classifications another name for the family Lamnidae)
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