genus Cetorhinus

genus Cetorhinus
noun
comprising only the basking sharks; in some classifications considered the type genus of a separate family Cetorhinidae
Syn: ↑Cetorhinus
Hypernyms: ↑fish genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Lamnidae, ↑family Lamnidae
Member Meronyms: ↑basking shark, ↑Cetorhinus maximus

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