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Nurse :: Nurse (n.) Either one of the nurse sharks.

Sharking :: Sharking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shar.

Sea Purse :: Sea purse () The horny egg case of a skate, and of certain sharks..

Swingletree :: Swingletail (n.) The thrasher, or fox shark. See Thrasher..

Sharked :: Sharked (imp. & p. p.) of Shar.

Fishskin :: Fishskin (n.) The skin of a fish (dog fish, shark, etc.).

Basking Shark :: 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 inhabits the northern seas of Europe and America, and grows to a length of more than forty feet. It is a harmless species..

Chondropterygii :: Chondropterygii (n. pl.) 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..

Fox :: Fox (n.) The fox shark or thrasher shark; -- called also sea fox. See Thrasher shark, under Shark..

Squalodont :: Squalodon (n.) A genus of fossil whales belonging to the Phocodontia; -- so called because their are serrated, like a shark's..

Elasmobranchii :: Elasmobranchii (n. pl.) A subclass of fishes, comprising the sharks, the rays, and the Chimaera. The skeleton is mainly cartilaginous..

Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) A nurse shark. See under Nurse.

Shark :: Shark (v. i.) To live by shifts and stratagems.

Sunfish :: Sunfish (n.) The basking, or liver, shark..

Shovelnose :: Shovelnose (n.) The common sand shark. See under Snad.

Shovelnose :: Shovelnose (n.) A small California shark (Heptranchias maculatus), which is taken for its oil..

Sharker :: Sharker (n.) One who lives by sharking.

Placoid :: Placoid (n.) Any fish having placoid scales, as the sharks..

Hammerhead :: Hammerhead (n.) A shark of the genus Sphyrna or Zygaena, having the eyes set on projections from the sides of the head, which gives it a hammer shape. The Sphyrna zygaena is found in the North Atlantic. Called also hammer fish, and balance fish..

Squalid :: Squali (n. pl.) The suborder of elasmobranch fishes which comprises the sharks.

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