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FAMILY HEXANCHIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Hexanchidae mean?
• FAMILY HEXANCHIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY HEXANCHIDAE has 1 sense:
1. primitive sharks
Familiarity information: FAMILY HEXANCHIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Primitive sharks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Hexanchidae; Hexanchidae
Hypernyms ("family Hexanchidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "family Hexanchidae"):
genus Hexanchus; Hexanchus (a genus of Hexanchidae)
Holonyms ("family Hexanchidae" is a member of...):
Elasmobranchii; Selachii; subclass Elasmobranchii; subclass Selachii (sharks; rays; dogfishes; skates)
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"Not every sweet root give birth to sweet grass." (Native American proverb, tribe unknown)
"A mosquito can make the lion's eye bleed." (Arabic proverb)
"Just toss it in my hat and I'll sort it to-morrow." (Dutch proverb)