SQUATINA SQUATINA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Squatina squatina mean? 

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

1. sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SQUATINA SQUATINA (noun)

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Meaning:

Sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

angel shark; angelfish; monkfish; Squatina squatina

Hypernyms ("Squatina squatina" 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 ("Squatina squatina" is a member of...):

genus Squatina; Squatina (type genus of the Squatinidae: angel sharks)