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GENUS ORECTOLOBUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Orectolobus mean?
• GENUS ORECTOLOBUS (noun)
The noun GENUS ORECTOLOBUS has 1 sense:
1. carpet sharks
Familiarity information: GENUS ORECTOLOBUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Carpet sharks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Orectolobus; Orectolobus
Hypernyms ("genus Orectolobus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Orectolobus"):
carpet shark; Orectolobus barbatus (shark of the western Pacific with flattened body and mottled skin)
Holonyms ("genus Orectolobus" is a member of...):
family Orectolobidae; Orectolobidae (nurse sharks and carpet sharks)
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