genus cetorhinus

1. 1.

   comprising only the basking sharks; in some classifications considered the type genus of a separate family Cetorhinidae

   SynonymsCetorhinus

   Broaderfish genus

   Part ofLamnidae

Questions about genus cetorhinus

What does genus cetorhinus mean?

genus cetorhinus means "comprising only the basking sharks; in some classifications considered the type genus of a separate family Cetorhinidae".

What is another word for genus cetorhinus?

Close synonyms include Cetorhinus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus cetorhinus a common word?

genus cetorhinus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.