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GENUS ORECTOLOBUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Orectolobus mean? 

GENUS ORECTOLOBUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS ORECTOLOBUS has 1 sense:

1. carpet sharksplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS ORECTOLOBUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Carpet sharks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Orectolobus; Orectolobus

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Orectolobus"):

carpet shark; Orectolobus barbatus (shark of the western Pacific with flattened body and mottled skin)

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

family Orectolobidae; Orectolobidae (nurse sharks and carpet sharks)


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