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GENUS LAMNA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Lamna mean?
• GENUS LAMNA (noun)
The noun GENUS LAMNA has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Lamnidae
Familiarity information: GENUS LAMNA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Lamnidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Lamna; Lamna
Hypernyms ("genus Lamna" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Lamna"):
Lamna nasus; porbeagle (voracious pointed-nose shark of northern Atlantic and Pacific)
Holonyms ("genus Lamna" is a member of...):
family Lamnidae; Lamnidae (oceanic sharks)
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