genus Cetorhinus

Thesaurus

Noun

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genus Cetorhinus - comprising only the basking sharks; in some classifications considered the type genus of a separate family CetorhinidaeCetorhinusfish genus - any of various genus of fishfamily Lamnidae, Lamnidae - oceanic sharksbasking shark, Cetorhinus maximus - large harmless plankton-eating northern shark; often swims slowly or floats at the sea surface