SQUATINA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Squatina mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Squatinidae: angel sharks

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SQUATINA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Squatinidae: angel sharks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Squatina; Squatina

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Squatina"):

angel shark; angelfish; monkfish; Squatina squatina (sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do)

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

family Squatinidae; Squatinidae (bottom-dwelling ray-like sharks)

 Context examples 

By doing so, scientists were able to link many of the samples to three protected shark species: Squatina guggenheim, Squatina occulta and Pseudobatos horkelii.

(New way to save endangered sharks – and our seafood, SciDev.Net)