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COW SHARK

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Dictionary entry overview: What does cow shark mean?

• COW SHARK (noun)
The noun COW SHARK has 1 sense:

1. large primitive shark widely distributed in warm seas

Familiarity information: COW SHARK used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• COW SHARK (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Large primitive shark widely distributed in warm seas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

cow shark; Hexanchus griseus; six-gilled shark

Hypernyms ("cow shark" 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 ("cow shark" is a member of...):

genus Hexanchus; Hexanchus (a genus of Hexanchidae)

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