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carcharhinid

carcharhinid noun: any member of the family Carcharhinidae of sharks.

Noun

carcharhinid (plural carcharhinids)

  1. Any member of the family Carcharhinidae of sharks.
    • The carcharhinids are rather large sharks, ranging from three to twelve feet in length.1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 111

Forms of carcharhinid

pluralcarcharhinids

Questions about carcharhinid

What does carcharhinid mean?
Carcharhinid means any member of the family Carcharhinidae of sharks.
What part of speech is carcharhinid?
Carcharhinid is a noun.
What is the plural of carcharhinid?
The plural of carcharhinid is carcharhinids.

Words near carcharhinid in the dictionary

  1. carcerated
  2. carcerates
  3. carcerating
  4. carceration
  5. carcereal
  6. carcharhinid
  7. carcharhinids
  8. carcharhiniform
  9. carcharhiniforms
  10. carcharhinoid
  11. carchariid

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