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ALOPIUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Alopius mean?
• ALOPIUS (noun)
The noun ALOPIUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the family Alopiidae; in some classifications considered a genus of the family Lamnidae
Familiarity information: ALOPIUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Alopiidae; in some classifications considered a genus of the family Lamnidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Alopius; genus Alopius
Hypernyms ("Alopius" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Alopius"):
Alopius vulpinus; fox shark; thrasher; thresher; thresher shark (large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed)
Holonyms ("Alopius" is a member of...):
Alopiidae; family Alopiidae (thresher sharks)
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