LAMNA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lamna mean? 

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

1. a genus of Lamnidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAMNA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Lamnidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Lamna; Lamna

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Lamna"):

Lamna nasus; porbeagle (voracious pointed-nose shark of northern Atlantic and Pacific)

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

family Lamnidae; Lamnidae (oceanic sharks)