ISURUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Isurus mean? 

• ISURUS (noun)
  The noun ISURUS has 1 sense:

1. mako sharks

  Familiarity information: ISURUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ISURUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mako sharks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Isurus; Isurus

Hypernyms ("Isurus" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Isurus"):

mako; mako shark (powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific)

Holonyms ("Isurus" is a member of...):

family Isuridae; Isuridae (in some classifications another name for the family Lamnidae)