FAMILY CETORHINIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Cetorhinidae mean? 

• FAMILY CETORHINIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY CETORHINIDAE has 1 sense:

1. in some older classifications considered the family of the basking sharks

  Familiarity information: FAMILY CETORHINIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY CETORHINIDAE (noun)

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Meaning:

In some older classifications considered the family of the basking sharks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cetorhinidae; family Cetorhinidae

Hypernyms ("family Cetorhinidae" is a kind of...):

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Holonyms ("family Cetorhinidae" is a member of...):

Elasmobranchii; Selachii; subclass Elasmobranchii; subclass Selachii (sharks; rays; dogfishes; skates)