CARCHARHINUS

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Carcharhinus mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Carcharhinidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARCHARHINUS (noun)

Meaning:

Type genus of the Carcharhinidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Carcharhinus; genus Carcharhinus

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Carcharhinus"):

bull shark; Carcharhinus leucas; cub shark (a most common shark in temperate and tropical coastal waters worldwide; heavy-bodied and dangerous)

Carcharhinus plumbeus; sandbar shark (most common grey shark along coasts of middle Atlantic states; sluggish and occasionally caught by fishermen)

blacktip shark; Carcharhinus limbatus; sandbar shark (widely distributed shallow-water shark with fins seemingly dipped in ink)

Carcharinus longimanus; oceanic whitetip shark; white-tipped shark; whitetip shark (large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin; worldwide distribution; most dangerous shark)

Carcharhinus obscurus; dusky shark (relatively slender blue-grey shark; nearly worldwide in tropical and temperate waters)

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

Carcharhinidae; family Carcharhinidae (largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharks)