Synset

any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species
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hypernym

member holonym

Carcharhinidae, family Carcharhinidae

hyponym

bull shark, cub shark, Carcharhinus leucas sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus blacktip shark, sandbar shark, Carcharhinus limbatus whitetip shark, oceanic whitetip shark, white-tipped shark, Carcharinus longimanus dusky shark, Carcharhinus obscurus lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris blue shark, great blue shark, Prionace glauca tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvieri soupfin shark, soupfin, soup-fin, Galeorhinus zyopterus