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ウバザメ科か

Meanings

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noun

Cetorhinidae; basking shark family

Taxonomic family name in biology; the only extant member is the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus).

ウバザメ科かにはウバザメだけが現げん生せい種しゅとして分ぶん類るいされている。
Only the basking shark is classified as an extant species in the family Cetorhinidae.

Kanji

科department, course, section

Similar words

ウバザメ
Refers to the basking shark itself, while ウバザメ科 is the family name.

Etymology

From 姥鮫 (ウバザメ, 'basking shark') + 科 (か, taxonomic suffix 'family'). The derivation of ウバザメ is uncertain; it may refer to an old woman (姥) due to the shark's appearance.