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PRIONACE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Prionace mean?
• PRIONACE (noun)
The noun PRIONACE has 1 sense:
1. blue sharks
Familiarity information: PRIONACE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Blue sharks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Prionace; Prionace
Hypernyms ("Prionace" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Prionace"):
blue shark; great blue shark; Prionace glauca (slender cosmopolitan, pelagic shark; blue body shades to white belly; dangerous especially during maritime disasters)
Holonyms ("Prionace" is a member of...):
Carcharhinidae; family Carcharhinidae (largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharks)
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