Cetorhinus

Translingual

Etymology

From κῆτος (kêtos, “whale, great see creature”) +‎ ῥίνη (rhínē, “rasp, file”) or + ῥινός (rhinós, “hide, skin”), the first element due to the shark's scale and the second referring to the jagged and raspy skin of a shark.

Proper noun

Cetorhinus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cetorhinidae – basking shark.

References

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