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GINGLYMOSTOMA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ginglymostoma mean?
• GINGLYMOSTOMA (noun)
The noun GINGLYMOSTOMA has 1 sense:
1. nurse sharks
Familiarity information: GINGLYMOSTOMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Nurse sharks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Ginglymostoma; Ginglymostoma
Hypernyms ("Ginglymostoma" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Ginglymostoma"):
Ginglymostoma cirratum; nurse shark (small bottom-dwelling shark of warm shallow waters on both coasts of North America and South America and from southeast Asia to Australia)
Holonyms ("Ginglymostoma" is a member of...):
family Orectolobidae; Orectolobidae (nurse sharks and carpet sharks)
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