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FAMILY ALOPIIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Alopiidae mean?
• FAMILY ALOPIIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY ALOPIIDAE has 1 sense:
1. thresher sharks
Familiarity information: FAMILY ALOPIIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thresher sharks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Alopiidae; family Alopiidae
Hypernyms ("family Alopiidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "family Alopiidae"):
Alopius; genus Alopius (type genus of the family Alopiidae; in some classifications considered a genus of the family Lamnidae)
Holonyms ("family Alopiidae" is a member of...):
Elasmobranchii; Selachii; subclass Elasmobranchii; subclass Selachii (sharks; rays; dogfishes; skates)
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