Definition of shark

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Shark (v. i.) To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.

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Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) A nurse shark. See under Nurse.
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..
Thresher :: Thresher (n.) A large and voracious shark (Alopias vulpes), remarkable for the great length of the upper lobe of its tail, with which it beats, or thrashes, its prey. It is found both upon the American and the European coasts. Called also fox shark, sea ape, sea fox, slasher, swingle-tail, and thrasher shark..
Fishskin :: Fishskin (n.) The skin of a fish (dog fish, shark, etc.).
Squalid :: Squali (n. pl.) The suborder of elasmobranch fishes which comprises the sharks.
Shark :: Shark (v. t.) To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.
Swingletree :: Swingletail (n.) The thrasher, or fox shark. See Thrasher..
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..
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..
Shovelnose :: Shovelnose (n.) The common sand shark. See under Snad.
Notidanian :: Notidanian (n.) Any one of several species of sharks of the family Notidanidae, or Hexanchidae. Called also cow sharks. See Shark..
Shark :: Shark (v. i.) To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.
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..
Elasmobranchii :: Elasmobranchii (n. pl.) A subclass of fishes, comprising the sharks, the rays, and the Chimaera. The skeleton is mainly cartilaginous..
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.
Sunfish :: Sunfish (n.) The basking, or liver, shark..
Nurse :: Nurse (n.) Either one of the nurse sharks.
Shark :: Shark (v. i.) To live by shifts and stratagems.
Shovelnose :: Shovelnose (n.) A small California shark (Heptranchias maculatus), which is taken for its oil..
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