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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of small sharks, typical of the family Galeorhinidæ: the topes and oil-sharks. G. galeus or Galeus canis is the tope, and G. zyopterus is the oil-shark of California. Also called Galeus (which see).

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  • noun a genus of Carcharhinidae

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