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COW SHARK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cow shark mean?
• COW SHARK (noun)
The noun COW SHARK has 1 sense:
1. large primitive shark widely distributed in warm seas
Familiarity information: COW SHARK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("cow 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 ("cow shark" is a member of...):
genus Hexanchus; Hexanchus (a genus of Hexanchidae)
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