Somniosus

noun

Som·​ni·​o·​sus

ˌsämnēˈōsəs

: a genus of sharks (suborder Squaloidea) to which the Greenland shark belongs

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Late Latin, sleepy, from Latin somnium dream + -osus -ose

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