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ORECTOLOBUS BARBATUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Orectolobus barbatus mean?
• ORECTOLOBUS BARBATUS (noun)
The noun ORECTOLOBUS BARBATUS has 1 sense:
1. shark of the western Pacific with flattened body and mottled skin
Familiarity information: ORECTOLOBUS BARBATUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shark of the western Pacific with flattened body and mottled skin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
carpet shark; Orectolobus barbatus
Hypernyms ("Orectolobus barbatus" is a kind of...):
shark (any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales)
Holonyms ("Orectolobus barbatus" is a member of...):
genus Orectolobus; Orectolobus (carpet sharks)
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