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GENUS CARCHARODON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Carcharodon mean?
• GENUS CARCHARODON (noun)
The noun GENUS CARCHARODON has 1 sense:
1. man-eating sharks
Familiarity information: GENUS CARCHARODON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Man-eating sharks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Carcharodon; genus Carcharodon
Hypernyms ("genus Carcharodon" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Carcharodon"):
Carcharodon carcharias; great white shark; man-eater; man-eating shark; white shark (large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans)
Holonyms ("genus Carcharodon" is a member of...):
family Lamnidae; Lamnidae (oceanic sharks)
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