GENUS NEGAPRION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Negaprion mean? 

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

1. lemon sharks

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS NEGAPRION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lemon sharks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Negaprion; Negaprion

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Negaprion"):

lemon shark; Negaprion brevirostris (common shallow-water schooling shark of the Atlantic from North Carolina to Brazil and off west Africa; dangerous)

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

Carcharhinidae; family Carcharhinidae (largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharks)