CARCHARHINUS PLUMBEUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Carcharhinus plumbeus mean? 

• CARCHARHINUS PLUMBEUS (noun)
  The noun CARCHARHINUS PLUMBEUS has 1 sense:

1. most common grey shark along coasts of middle Atlantic states; sluggish and occasionally caught by fishermen

  Familiarity information: CARCHARHINUS PLUMBEUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARCHARHINUS PLUMBEUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Most common grey shark along coasts of middle Atlantic states; sluggish and occasionally caught by fishermen

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Carcharhinus plumbeus; sandbar shark

Hypernyms ("Carcharhinus plumbeus" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Carcharhinus plumbeus" is a member of...):

Carcharhinus; genus Carcharhinus (type genus of the Carcharhinidae)