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

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

Cartilaginous :: Cartilaginous (a.) Having the skeleton in the state of cartilage, the bones containing little or no calcareous matter; said of certain fishes, as the sturgeon and the sharks..

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

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

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

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

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

Squalor :: Squaloid (a.) Like or pertaining to a shark or sharks.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

Shirk :: Shirk (v. i.) To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.

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