Hexanchus

noun

a genus of Hexanchidae

• Syn: ↑genus Hexanchus

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Hexanchidae, ↑family Hexanchidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑cow shark, ↑six-gilled shark, ↑Hexanchus griseus

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\\hekˈsaŋkəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from hexa- + anchus (probably from Greek anchein to strangle) — more at anger

: the type genus of the family Hexanchidae sometimes considered to include all living members of the family but sometimes restricted to those with six pairs of branchial clefts