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MUSTELUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mustelus mean?
• MUSTELUS (noun)
The noun MUSTELUS has 1 sense:
1. smooth dogfishes
Familiarity information: MUSTELUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Smooth dogfishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Mustelus; Mustelus
Hypernyms ("Mustelus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Mustelus"):
American smooth dogfish; Mustelus canis (found along the Atlantic coast of the Americas)
Florida smoothhound; Mustelus norrisi (found from the northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil)
Holonyms ("Mustelus" is a member of...):
family Triakidae; Triakidae (small sharks with smooth skins and lacking spines on their dorsal fins)
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