Scoliodon
Translingual
Etymology
Ancient Greek [Term?] (“oblique”) + [Term?] (“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
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