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GENUS SQUALUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Squalus mean?
• GENUS SQUALUS (noun)
The noun GENUS SQUALUS has 1 sense:
1. spiny dogfishes
Familiarity information: GENUS SQUALUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spiny dogfishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Squalus; Squalus
Hypernyms ("genus Squalus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Squalus"):
Atlantic spiny dogfish; Squalus acanthias (destructive dogfish of the Atlantic coastal waters of America and Europe; widely used in anatomy classes)
Pacific spiny dogfish; Squalus suckleyi (dogfish of Pacific coast of North America)
Holonyms ("genus Squalus" is a member of...):
family Squalidae; Squalidae (dogfishes having a spine in each dorsal fin)
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