Definition of shark

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Shark (v. t. & i.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas..

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Dogfish :: Dogfish (n.) A small shark, of many species, of the genera Mustelus, Scyllium, Spinax, etc..
Sharking :: Sharking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shar.
Galei :: Galei (n. pl.) That division of elasmobranch fishes which includes the sharks.
Squalodont :: Squalodon (n.) A genus of fossil whales belonging to the Phocodontia; -- so called because their are serrated, like a shark's..
Houndfish :: Houndfish (n.) Any small shark of the genus Galeus or Mustelus, of which there are several species, as the smooth houndfish (G. canis), of Europe and America; -- called also houndshark, and dogfish..
Sea Ape :: Sea ape () The thrasher shark.
Shark :: Shark (v. t. & i.) A rapacious, artful person; a sharper..
Shirk :: Shirk (v. i.) To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.
Plagiostomi :: Plagiostomi (n. pl.) An order of fishes including the sharks and rays; -- called also Plagiostomata.
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) A nurse shark. See under Nurse.
Hybodus :: Hybodus (n.) An extinct genus of sharks having conical, compressed teeth..
Shark :: Shark (v. i.) To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.
Sawfish :: Sawfish (n.) Any one of several species of elasmobranch fishes of the genus Pristis. They have a sharklike form, but are more nearly allied to the rays. The flattened and much elongated snout has a row of stout toothlike structures inserted along each edge, forming a sawlike organ with which it mutilates or kills its prey..
Sharker :: Sharker (n.) One who lives by sharking.
Fox :: Fox (n.) The fox shark or thrasher shark; -- called also sea fox. See Thrasher shark, under Shark..
Placoides :: Placoides (n. pl.) A group of fishes including the sharks and rays; the Elasmobranchii; -- called also Placoidei.
Amphistylic :: Amphistylic (a.) Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks; -- said of a skull..
Requin :: Requin (n.) The man-eater, or white shark (Carcharodon carcharias); -- so called on account of its causing requiems to be sung..
Squalid :: Squali (n. pl.) The suborder of elasmobranch fishes which comprises the sharks.
Squalor :: Squaloid (a.) Like or pertaining to a shark or sharks.
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