carcharhinid

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carcharhinid (plural carcharhinids)

  1. Any member of the family Carcharhinidae of sharks.
    • 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 111:
      The carcharhinids are rather large sharks, ranging from three to twelve feet in length.