galeorhinid (ga leorinid)

A selachian of the family Gale or hi nid a. Galeorhinidæ dæ (gā lē-ō-rin'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., Gale or hin inæ (gă le-ō-ri-nine), n. pl. [NL., Gale or hin us (gālē -ō-ri' "lē-ō-rin us), n. [NL. (De Blainville, 1816), γαλεός , a kind of shark, + ῥίνη , a shark.] A genus of small sharks, typical Oil-shark (Gale or hin us zyopterus). (From Report of U. S. Fish Commi ion, 1884.) of the family Gale or hi nid a; the topes and oil sharks. G. gale us or Galeus can is is the tope, and G. zyopterus is the oil-shark of California. Also called Galeus (which see).