SIX-GILLED SHARK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does six-gilled shark mean? 

• SIX-GILLED SHARK (noun)
  The noun SIX-GILLED SHARK has 1 sense:

1. large primitive shark widely distributed in warm seas

  Familiarity information: SIX-GILLED SHARK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIX-GILLED SHARK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large primitive shark widely distributed in warm seas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

cow shark; Hexanchus griseus; six-gilled shark

Hypernyms ("six-gilled shark" is a kind of...):

shark (any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales)

Holonyms ("six-gilled shark" is a member of...):

genus Hexanchus; Hexanchus (a genus of Hexanchidae)