GENUS PRIONACE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Prionace mean? 

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

1. blue sharks

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PRIONACE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Blue sharks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Prionace; Prionace

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Prionace"):

blue shark; great blue shark; Prionace glauca (slender cosmopolitan, pelagic shark; blue body shades to white belly; dangerous especially during maritime disasters)

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

Carcharhinidae; family Carcharhinidae (largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharks)