Akademik

Orectolobidae

noun

nurse sharks and carpet sharks

• Syn: ↑family Orectolobidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Elasmobranchii, ↑subclass Elasmobranchii, ↑Selachii, ↑subclass Selachii

• Member Meronyms: ↑Orectolobus, ↑genus Orectolobus, ↑Ginglymostoma, ↑genus Ginglymostoma

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\\ōˌrektəˈläbəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Orectolobus, type genus + -idae

: a large family of chiefly Pacific and tropical sharks including the carpet shark, having two dorsal fins, a well-developed fleshy barbel at the anterior margin of the nostril, and small teeth with several cusps, and being mostly small often brilliantly marked bottom dwellers of shallow waters

Useful english dictionary. 2012.