Definition of Family Carchariidae

1. Noun. Sand sharks; in some classifications coextensive with family Carcharhinidae.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Carchariidae

family Canellaceae
family Canidae
family Cannabidaceae
family Cannaceae
family Capitonidae
family Capparidaceae
family Caprifoliaceae
family Caprimulgidae
family Caproidae
family Capromyidae
family Capsidae
family Carabidae
family Carangidae
family Carapidae
family Carcharhinidae
family Carchariidae (current term)
family Cardiidae
family Cariamidae
family Caricaceae
family Carpinaceae
family Caryocaraceae
family Caryophyllaceae
family Castoridae
family Casuaridae
family Casuarinaceae
family Cathartidae
family Catostomidae
family Caviidae
family Cebidae
family Cecidomyidae

Literary usage of Family Carchariidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Maryland Geological Survey by Maryland Geological Survey (1901)
"Family CARCHARIIDAE. The teeth of this family of "man-eating sharks" are very abundant in the Tertiary of all countries, and closely resemble those of the ..."

2. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1913)
"Later, Waite (liX)9) took several female Galena australi*, of the family Carchariidae, in which were found numbers of young, each in a thin membranous ..."

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