English Dictionary |
GALEORHINUS ZYOPTERUS
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
Dictionary entry overview: What does Galeorhinus zyopterus mean?
• GALEORHINUS ZYOPTERUS (noun)
The noun GALEORHINUS ZYOPTERUS has 1 sense:
1. Pacific shark valued for its fins (used by Chinese in soup) and liver (rich in vitamin A)
Familiarity information: GALEORHINUS ZYOPTERUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GALEORHINUS ZYOPTERUS (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 ("Galeorhinus zyopterus" is a kind of...):
requiem shark (any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species)
Holonyms ("Galeorhinus zyopterus" is a member of...):
Galeorhinus; genus Galeorhinus (a genus of Carcharhinidae)
Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Most of us do not look as handsome to others as we do to ourselves." (Native American proverb, Assiniboine)
"Stinginess demeans the value of man." (Arabic proverb)
"He who lives fast goes straight to his death." (Corsican proverb)