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GENUS RHINCODON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Rhincodon mean?
• GENUS RHINCODON (noun)
The noun GENUS RHINCODON has 1 sense:
1. whale sharks
Familiarity information: GENUS RHINCODON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Whale sharks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Rhincodon; Rhincodon
Hypernyms ("genus Rhincodon" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Rhincodon"):
Rhincodon typus; whale shark (large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide; resembles a whale and feeds chiefly on plankton)
Holonyms ("genus Rhincodon" is a member of...):
family Rhincodontidae; Rhincodontidae (small-toothed sharks comprising only one species)
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