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Where does “rhina” come from?

rhina (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek ῥίνη — file, rasp; angel shark , whose skin was used for...

rhina (Latin): A kind of shark, of whose skin arrows were made

Definitions

  1. A kind of shark, of whose skin arrows were made

Ancestry of “rhina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekῥίνηfile, rasp; angel shark , whose skin was used for...
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