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

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..

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

Plagiostomi :: Plagiostomi (n. pl.) An order of fishes including the sharks and rays; -- called also Plagiostomata.

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

Clasper :: Clasper (n.) 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..

Shark :: Shark (v. t. & i.) A rapacious, artful person; a sharper..

Amphistylic :: Amphistylic (a.) Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks; -- said of a skull..

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

Cestraciont :: Cestraciont (n.) A shark of the genus Cestracion, and of related genera. The posterior teeth form a pavement of bony plates for crushing shellfish. Most of the species are extinct. The Port Jackson shark and a similar one found in California are living examples..

Hoemother :: Hoemother (n.) The basking or liver shark; -- called also homer. See Liver shark, under Liver..

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..

Gangetic :: Gangetic (a.) Pertaining to, or inhabiting, the Ganges; as, the Gangetic shark..

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

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

Shovelhead :: Shovelhead (n.) A shark (Sphryna tiburio) allied to the hammerhead, and native of the warmer parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonnet shark..

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

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..

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

Dogfish :: Dogfish (n.) A small shark, of many species, of the genera Mustelus, Scyllium, Spinax, etc..

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