Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the Cestraciontidæ.
- noun A shark of the family Cestraciontidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A shark of the genus Cestracion, and of related genera. The posterior teeth form a pavement of bony plates for crushing shellfish. Most of the species are extinct. The Port Jackson shark and a similar one found in California are living examples.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the genus Cestracion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Relating to, or characteristic of, the
genus Cestracion.
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