GENUS GINGLYMOSTOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ginglymostoma mean? 

• GENUS GINGLYMOSTOMA (noun)
  The noun GENUS GINGLYMOSTOMA has 1 sense:

1. nurse sharks

  Familiarity information: GENUS GINGLYMOSTOMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS GINGLYMOSTOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Nurse sharks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Ginglymostoma; Ginglymostoma

Hypernyms ("genus Ginglymostoma" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Ginglymostoma"):

Ginglymostoma cirratum; nurse shark (small bottom-dwelling shark of warm shallow waters on both coasts of North America and South America and from southeast Asia to Australia)

Holonyms ("genus Ginglymostoma" is a member of...):

family Orectolobidae; Orectolobidae (nurse sharks and carpet sharks)