Shark definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SH'ARK, n. [L. carcharius ... 3. Trick; fraud; petty rapine; as, to live upon the shark. [Little used.] 4. In New England, one that lives by ... 3. To fawn upon for a dinner; to beg. To shark out, to slip out or escape by low artifices. [Vulgar ... person who is unusually skilled in certain ways; "a card shark" v 1: play the shark; act with trickery 2: hunt shark Merriam Webster's I. noun Etymology: Middle English Date: ...
nurse shark definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: small bottom-dwelling shark of warm shallow waters on both coasts of North America ... South America and from southeast Asia to Australia [syn: nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: alteration of nusse ... 1851 any of various sharks (as family Ginglymostomatidae); especially a shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) of warm waters Webster's 1913 Dictionary Nurse ... and Redia. (b) Either one of the nurse sharks. Nurse shark. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A large arctic shark (Somniosus microcephalus), having small teeth and feeble jaws; -- called ...
tiger shark definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: large dangerous warm-water shark with striped or spotted body [syn: tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvieri] Merriam Webster's noun Date: circa 1785 a large gray or brown stocky-bodied requiem shark (Galeocerdo cuvieri) that is nearly cosmopolitan especially in warm seas and can be dangerous to humans — see shark illustration Webster's 1913 Dictionary Shark Shark, n. [Of uncertain origin; perhaps through OF. fr. ...
whale shark definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide; resembles a whale and feeds chiefly on plankton [syn: whale shark, Rhincodon typus] Merriam Webster's noun Date: circa 1885 a shark (Rhincodon typus) of warm waters that has small teeth, feeds ... parasitic on various cetaceans. Whale's bone, ivory. [Obs.] Whale shark. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The basking, or liver, shark. (b) A very large harmless shark (Rhinodon typicus) native ...
sand shark definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: shallow-water shark with sharp jagged teeth found on both sides of Atlantic; sometimes dangerous to swimmers [syn: sand tiger, sand shark, Carcharias taurus, Odontaspis taurus] Britannica Concise Any of about six ... burrows in the sandy seabeaches of Europe and America. Sand shark (Zo["o]l.), an American shark (Odontaspis littoralis) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern United States; -- called also gray shark, and dogfish shark. See Illust. under Remora. Sand skink ( ...
thresher shark definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round ... small fish on which to feed [syn: thresher, thrasher, thresher shark, fox shark, Alopius vulpinus] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1888 a large nearly cosmopolitan shark (Alopias vulpinus) that has a greatly elongated curved upper lobe ... round up the schooling fish on which it feeds — see shark illustration Webster's 1913 Dictionary Shark Shark, n. [Of ...
Liver shark definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Liver Liv"er, n. [AS ... color, the color of liver, a dark, reddish brown. Liver shark (Zo["o]l.), a very large shark (Cetorhinus maximus), inhabiting the northern coasts both of Europe and ... separates small animals from the sea water. Called also basking shark, bone shark, hoemother, homer, and sailfish Webster's 1913 Dictionary Shark Shark, n. [Of uncertain origin; perhaps through OF. fr. ...
gray shark definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sand grouse (Zo["o]l ... burrows in the sandy seabeaches of Europe and America. Sand shark (Zo["o]l.), an American shark (Odontaspis littoralis) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern United States; -- called also gray shark, and dogfish shark. See Illust. under Remora. Sand skink (Zo["o]l.), any ... serve as food for her young. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Shark Shark, n. [Of uncertain origin; perhaps through OF. fr. ...
Oil shark definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Shark Shark, n. [Of uncertain origin; perhaps through OF. fr. carcharus a ... or jagged teeth; or perhaps named from its rapacity (cf. Shark, v. t. & i.); cf. Corn. scarceas.] 1. (Zo["o]l ... found in all seas. Note: Some sharks, as the basking shark and the whale shark, grow to an enormous size, the former becoming forty ...
Hammer-headed shark definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Shark Shark, n. [Of uncertain origin; perhaps through OF. fr. carcharus a ... or jagged teeth; or perhaps named from its rapacity (cf. Shark, v. t. & i.); cf. Corn. scarceas.] 1. (Zo["o]l ... found in all seas. Note: Some sharks, as the basking shark and the whale shark, grow to an enormous size, the former becoming forty ...
Shark barrow definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Shark Shark, n. [Of uncertain origin; perhaps through OF. fr. carcharus a ... or jagged teeth; or perhaps named from its rapacity (cf. Shark, v. t. & i.); cf. Corn. scarceas.] 1. (Zo["o]l ... found in all seas. Note: Some sharks, as the basking shark and the whale shark, grow to an enormous size, the former becoming forty ...
Shark ray definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Shark Shark, n. [Of uncertain origin; perhaps through OF. fr. carcharus a ... or jagged teeth; or perhaps named from its rapacity (cf. Shark, v. t. & i.); cf. Corn. scarceas.] 1. (Zo["o]l ... found in all seas. Note: Some sharks, as the basking shark and the whale shark, grow to an enormous size, the former becoming forty ...
Baskin shark definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Shark Shark, n. [Of uncertain origin; perhaps through OF. fr. carcharus a ... or jagged teeth; or perhaps named from its rapacity (cf. Shark, v. t. & i.); cf. Corn. scarceas.] 1. (Zo["o]l ... found in all seas. Note: Some sharks, as the basking shark and the whale shark, grow to an enormous size, the former becoming forty ...
Port Jackson shark definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Shark Shark, n. [Of uncertain origin; perhaps through OF. fr. carcharus a ... or jagged teeth; or perhaps named from its rapacity (cf. Shark, v. t. & i.); cf. Corn. scarceas.] 1. (Zo["o]l ... found in all seas. Note: Some sharks, as the basking shark and the whale shark, grow to an enormous size, the former becoming forty ...
... mimic other birdsongs [syn: thrasher, mocking thrush] 3: large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round ... small fish on which to feed [syn: thresher, thrasher, thresher shark, fox shark, Alopius vulpinus] Merriam Webster's I. noun Date: 1632 1 ... f. E dial. thrusher = THRUSH(1) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Shark Shark, n. [Of uncertain origin; perhaps through OF. fr. carcharus a ... or jagged teeth; or perhaps named from its rapacity (cf. Shark, v. t. & i.); cf. Corn. scarceas.] 1. (Zo["o] ...