GENUS MUSTELUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Mustelus mean? 

• GENUS MUSTELUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS MUSTELUS has 1 sense:

1. smooth dogfishes

  Familiarity information: GENUS MUSTELUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS MUSTELUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Smooth dogfishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Mustelus; Mustelus

Hypernyms ("genus Mustelus" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Mustelus"):

American smooth dogfish; Mustelus canis (found along the Atlantic coast of the Americas)

Florida smoothhound; Mustelus norrisi (found from the northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil)

Holonyms ("genus Mustelus" is a member of...):

family Triakidae; Triakidae (small sharks with smooth skins and lacking spines on their dorsal fins)