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Definition of Genus carcharhinus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Carcharhinidae.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Carcharhinidae, Family Carcharhinidae
Member holonyms: Bull Shark, Carcharhinus Leucas, Cub Shark, Carcharhinus Plumbeus, Sandbar Shark, Blacktip Shark, Carcharhinus Limbatus, Sandbar Shark, Carcharinus Longimanus, Oceanic Whitetip Shark, White-tipped Shark, Whitetip Shark, Carcharhinus Obscurus, Dusky Shark
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Carcharhinus
Literary usage of Genus carcharhinus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"Genus CARCHARHINUS Blainville. Flat-headed Sharks. This genus includes numerous
species of medium and large sized sharks, of voracious habits, ..."
2. Red Sea Sharks by Jeremy Stafford-Deitsch (1999)
"The grey reef shark, the silky, the oceanic whitetip and all the other members
of the genus Carcharhinus are viviparous. Hammerheads - of which the ..."
3. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries by United States Bureau of Fisheries, Bureau of Fisheries, United States (1916)
"Genus CARCHARHINUS Blainville. KEY TO THE SPECIES. a. Fins black-tipped; teeth
similar in form in both jaws, narrow-cusped, broad-based in -*3~34 rows; ..."
4. The Fishes of North Carolina by Hugh McCormick Smith (1907)
"Genus CARCHARHINUS Blainville. Flat-headed Sharks. This genus includes numerous
species of medium and large sized sharks, of voracious habits, ..."
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