Scoliodon

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Translingual

Scoliodon laticaudus

Etymology

Ancient Greek (“oblique”) + (“tooth”)

Proper noun

Scoliodon m

A taxonomic genus within the family Carcharhinidae – spadenose sharks of the tropical Indo-Pacific.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Chondrichthyes - superclass; Elasmobranchii - class; Selachimorpha - superorder; Carcharhiniformes - order; Carcharhinidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Scoliodon laticaudus (spadenose shark) - type species; Scoliodon macrorhynchos (Pacific spadenose shark) - other accepted extant species

References

Scoliodon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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