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BLOODSUCKERS |
Sharks |
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HAMMERHEADS |
Sharks |
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USURERS |
Loan sharks |
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HUSTLERS |
Pool sharks |
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NURSE |
Either one of the nurse sharks. |
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PLACOID |
Any fish having placoid scales, as the sharks. |
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SQUALOID |
Like or pertaining to a shark or sharks. |
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GALEI |
That division of elasmobranch fishes which includes the
sharks. |
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SQUALI |
The suborder of elasmobranch fishes which comprises the
sharks. |
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HYBODUS |
An extinct genus of sharks having conical, compressed
teeth. |
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SEA PURSE |
The horny egg case of a skate, and of certain sharks. |
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PLAGIOSTOMI |
An order of fishes including the sharks and rays;
-- called also Plagiostomata. |
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PLACOIDES |
A group of fishes including the sharks and rays; the
Elasmobranchii; -- called also Placoidei. |
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SELACHII |
An order of elasmobranchs including the sharks and
rays; the Plagiostomi. Called also Selacha, Selache, and Selachoidei. |
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ELASMOBRANCHII |
A subclass of fishes, comprising the sharks,
the rays, and the Chimaera. The skeleton is mainly cartilaginous. |
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NOTIDANIAN |
Any one of several species of sharks of the family
Notidanidae, or Hexanchidae. Called also cow sharks. See Shark. |
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AMPHISTYLIC |
Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid
arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks; -- said of a skull. |
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HETEROCERCAL |
Having the vertebral column evidently continued into
the upper lobe of the tail, which is usually longer than the lower one,
as in sharks. |
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CLASPER |
One of a pair of male copulatory organs, developed on the
anterior side of the ventral fins of sharks and other elasmobranchs.
See Illust. of Chimaera. |
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CARTILAGINOUS |
Having the skeleton in the state of cartilage, the
bones containing little or no calcareous matter; said of certain
fishes, as the sturgeon and the sharks. |
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HYBODONT |
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an extinct genus of
sharks (Hybodus), especially in the form of the teeth, which consist of
a principal median cone with smaller lateral ones. |
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CHONDROPTERYGII |
A group of fishes, characterized by
cartilaginous fins and skeleton. It includes both ganoids (sturgeons,
etc.) and selachians (sharks), but is now often restricted to the
latter. |
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SHAGREEN |
The skin of various small sharks and other fishes when
having small, rough, bony scales. The dogfishes of the genus Scyllium
furnish a large part of that used in the arts. |
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MAN-EATER |
One who, or that which, has an appetite for human flesh;
specifically, one of certain large sharks (esp. Carcharodon Rondeleti);
also, a lion o... |
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BASKING SHARK |
One of the largest species of sharks (Cetorhinus
maximus), so called from its habit of basking in the sun; the liver
shark, or bone shark. It i... |