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GENUS RHINCODON

• GENUS RHINCODON (noun)
The noun GENUS RHINCODON has 1 sense:

1. whale sharks

Familiarity information: GENUS RHINCODON used as a noun is very rare.

• GENUS RHINCODON (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Whale sharks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Rhincodon; Rhincodon

Hypernyms ("genus Rhincodon" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Rhincodon"):

Rhincodon typus; whale shark (large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide; resembles a whale and feeds chiefly on plankton)

Holonyms ("genus Rhincodon" is a member of...):

family Rhincodontidae; Rhincodontidae (small-toothed sharks comprising only one species)

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Useful links:
Definition of Rhincodontidae
family Rhincodontidae definition
Pronunciation of fish genus
whale shark definition
Definition of Rhincodon typus

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