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Selachii :: Selachii (n. pl.) An order of elasmobranchs including the sharks and rays; the Plagiostomi. Called also Selacha, Selache, and Selachoidei..

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

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

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..

Scyllite :: Scyllite (n.) A white crystalline substance of a sweetish taste, resembling inosite and metameric with dextrose. It is extracted from the kidney of the dogfish (of the genus Scylium), the shark, and the skate..

Man-eater :: Man-eater (n.) One who, or that which, has an appetite for human flesh; specifically, one of certain large sharks (esp. Carcharodon Rondeleti); also, a lion or a tiger which has acquired the habit of feeding upon human flesh..

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

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

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..

Sharking :: Sharking (n.) Petty rapine; trick; also, seeking a livelihood by shifts and dishonest devices..

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

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

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..

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

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

Galei :: Galei (n. pl.) That division of elasmobranch fishes which includes the sharks.

Hybodont :: Hybodont (a.) 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..

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

Roussette :: Roussette (n.) Any small shark of the genus Scyllium; -- called also dogfish. See Dogfish.

Heterocercal :: Heterocercal (a.) 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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