SOUPFIN SHARK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does soupfin shark mean? 

• SOUPFIN SHARK (noun)
  The noun SOUPFIN SHARK has 1 sense:

1. Pacific shark valued for its fins (used by Chinese in soup) and liver (rich in vitamin A)

  Familiarity information: SOUPFIN SHARK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOUPFIN SHARK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pacific shark valued for its fins (used by Chinese in soup) and liver (rich in vitamin A)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Galeorhinus zyopterus; soup-fin; soupfin; soupfin shark

Hypernyms ("soupfin shark" is a kind of...):

requiem shark (any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species)

Holonyms ("soupfin shark" is a member of...):

Galeorhinus; genus Galeorhinus (a genus of Carcharhinidae)