HyperDic: soupfin_shark

English > 1 sense of the expression soupfin shark:
NOUNanimalsoupfin shark, soupfin, soup-fin, Galeorhinus zyopterusPacific shark valued for its fins (used by Chinese in soup) and liver (rich in vitamin A)
English > soupfin shark: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningPacific shark valued for its fins (used by Chinese in soup) and liver (rich in vitamin A).
Synonymssoupfin, soup-fin, Galeorhinus zyopterus
Member ofGaleorhinus, genus GaleorhinusA genus of Carcharhinidae
Broaderrequiem sharkAny of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species

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