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Orectolobus

noun

carpet sharks

• Syn: ↑genus Orectolobus

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Orectolobidae, ↑family Orectolobidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑carpet shark, ↑Orectolobus barbatus

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\\ōˌrekˈtäləbəs, ˌōrˌe-\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek orektos stretched out + New Latin -lobus

: the type genus of the family Orectolobidae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.