GENUS SPHYRNA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sphyrna mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Sphyrnidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SPHYRNA (noun)

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Sphyrnidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Sphyrna; Sphyrna

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Sphyrna"):

hammerhead; hammerhead shark (medium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a flattened hammer-shaped head; worldwide in warm waters; can be dangerous)

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

family Sphyrnidae; Sphyrnidae (hammerhead sharks; bonnethead sharks)