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GALEOCERDO CUVIERI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Galeocerdo cuvieri mean?
• GALEOCERDO CUVIERI (noun)
The noun GALEOCERDO CUVIERI has 1 sense:
1. large dangerous warm-water shark with striped or spotted body
Familiarity information: GALEOCERDO CUVIERI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large dangerous warm-water shark with striped or spotted body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Galeocerdo cuvieri; tiger shark
Hypernyms ("Galeocerdo cuvieri" is a kind of...):
requiem shark (any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species)
Holonyms ("Galeocerdo cuvieri" is a member of...):
Galeocerdo; genus Galeocerdo (tiger sharks)
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