shark
/ʃɑɹk/ noun A2- Any predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.
- Meat of this animal, consumed as food.
- Any fish of the class Chondrichthyes, especially an extinct shark-like holocephalian.
- Any fish in the genus Epalzeorhynchos.
- Any fish in the genus Balantiocheilos.
- An iridescent shark (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus).
- A roseline shark (Dawkinsia denisonii).
- A paroon shark (Pangasius sanitwongsei).
Plural sharks
From the library
And will talk in contemptuous tones of the Shark,
But, when the tide rises and sharks are around,
Picture to yourself the pilot fish with the shark, the jackal with the lion—anything that is insignificant in companionship with what is formidable: not only formidable, Watson, but sinister—in the highest degree sinister.
"Yes, and he's a shark.
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