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SOUP-FIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does soup-fin mean?
• SOUP-FIN (noun)
The noun SOUP-FIN has 1 sense:
1. Pacific shark valued for its fins (used by Chinese in soup) and liver (rich in vitamin A)
Familiarity information: SOUP-FIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pacific shark valued for its fins (used by Chinese in soup) and liver (rich in vitamin A)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Galeorhinus zyopterus; soup-fin; soupfin; soupfin shark
Hypernyms ("soup-fin" is a kind of...):
requiem shark (any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species)
Holonyms ("soup-fin" is a member of...):
Galeorhinus; genus Galeorhinus (a genus of Carcharhinidae)
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