Cetorhinus

noun

Ce·​to·​rhi·​nus

-ˈrīnəs

: a genus that includes the basking shark as its only living species and is commonly placed in the family Lamnidae or sometimes made the type of a separate family (Cetorhinidae)

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from cet- + -rhinus

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