GENUS SQUATINA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Squatina mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Squatinidae: angel sharks

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SQUATINA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Squatinidae: angel sharks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Squatina; Squatina

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Squatina"):

angel shark; angelfish; monkfish; Squatina squatina (sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do)

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

family Squatinidae; Squatinidae (bottom-dwelling ray-like sharks)