shark : Idioms & Phrases

• noun sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do
  monkfish; angelfish; Squatina squatina.
  

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• . See Angel fish.

Webster 1913

• See under Basking, Liver, etc. See also Dogfish, Houndfish, Notidanian, and Tope.

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• noun large harmless plankton-eating northern shark; often swims slowly or floats at the sea surface
  Cetorhinus maximus.
  

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Bask"ing shark`

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1. (Zoöl.) 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.

Webster 1913

• noun widely distributed shallow-water shark with fins seemingly dipped in ink
  Carcharhinus limbatus; blacktip shark.
  

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• noun slender cosmopolitan, pelagic shark; blue body shades to white belly; dangerous especially during maritime disasters
  blue shark; Prionace glauca.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the basking shark.

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• noun common blue-grey shark of southwest Pacific; sport and food fish
  blue pointed; Isurus glaucus.
  

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• noun small harmless hammerhead having a spade-shaped head; abundant in bays and estuaries
  Sphyrna tiburo; shovelhead; bonnethead.
  

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• noun a most common shark in temperate and tropical coastal waters worldwide; heavy-bodied and dangerous
  Carcharhinus leucas; bull shark.
  

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• noun a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
  card sharper; sharpy; sharper; cardsharp; cardsharper; card sharp; sharpie.
  

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• noun shark of the western Pacific with flattened body and mottled skin
  Orectolobus barbatus.
  

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• noun small bottom-dwelling sharks with cat-like eyes; found along continental slopes
  

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• noun large primitive shark widely distributed in warm seas
  cow shark; Hexanchus griseus.
  

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• noun a most common shark in temperate and tropical coastal waters worldwide; heavy-bodied and dangerous
  Carcharhinus leucas; bull shark.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See Dogfish.

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• noun relatively slender blue-grey shark; nearly worldwide in tropical and temperate waters
  Carcharhinus obscurus.
  

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• noun large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed
  fox shark; thresher; Alopius vulpinus; thrasher.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the thrasher shark. See Thrasher shark, under Thrasher.

Webster 1913

• the sand shark.

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• noun slender cosmopolitan, pelagic shark; blue body shades to white belly; dangerous especially during maritime disasters
  blue shark; Prionace glauca.
  

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• noun large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans
  man-eating shark; great white shark; Carcharodon carcharias; man-eater.
  

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• . See Hammerhead.

Webster 1913

• noun medium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a flattened hammer-shaped head; worldwide in warm waters; can be dangerous
  hammerhead.
  

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• a swindler of sailors on shore. Sailors' Cant

Webster 1913

• noun common shallow-water schooling shark of the Atlantic from North Carolina to Brazil and off west Africa; dangerous
  Negaprion brevirostris.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a very large shark (Cetorhinus maximus), inhabiting the northern coasts both of Europe and North America. It sometimes becomes forty feet in length, being one of the largest sharks known; but it has small simple teeth, and is not dangerous. It is captured for the sake of its liver, which often yields several barrels of oil. It has gill rakers, resembling whalebone, by means of which it separates small animals from the sea water. Called also basking shark, bone shark, hoemother, homer, and sailfish sometimes referred to as 'whale shark', but that name is more commonly used for the Rhincodon typus, which grows even larger .

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• noun someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
  moneylender; shylock; usurer.
  

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• noun fierce pelagic and oceanic sharks
  

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• (Zoöl.), the porbeagle.

Webster 1913

• noun powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific
  mako.
  

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• noun large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans
  man-eating shark; great white shark; Carcharodon carcharias; man-eater.
  

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• noun small bottom-dwelling shark of warm shallow waters on both coasts of North America and South America and from southeast Asia to Australia
  Ginglymostoma cirratum.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) A large arctic shark (Somniosus microcephalus), having small teeth and feeble jaws; called also sleeper shark, and ground shark. (b) A large shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum), native of the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico, having the dorsal fins situated behind the ventral fins.

Webster 1913

• noun large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin; worldwide distribution; most dangerous shark
  Carcharinus longimanus; white-tipped shark; oceanic whitetip shark.
  

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• (Zoöl.) (a) The liver shark . (b) The tope.

Webster 1913

• . See Cestraciont.

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• noun smooth dogfish of Pacific and Indian Oceans and Red Sea having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins
  Triaenodon obseus; reef whitetip shark.
  

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• noun any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species
  

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• noun shallow-water shark with sharp jagged teeth found on both sides of Atlantic; sometimes dangerous to swimmers
  sand tiger; Odontaspis taurus; Carcharias taurus.
  

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• (Zoöl.), an American shark (Odontaspis littoralis) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern United States; called also gray shark, and dogfish shark. See Illust. under Remora.

Webster 1913

• noun widely distributed shallow-water shark with fins seemingly dipped in ink
  Carcharhinus limbatus; blacktip shark.
  
• noun most common grey shark along coasts of middle Atlantic states; sluggish and occasionally caught by fishermen
  Carcharhinus plumbeus.
  

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• the eggcase of a shark; a sea purse.

Webster 1913

• noun a fatty yellow to brown oil obtained from the livers of sharks; used for dressing leather and as a source of vitamin A
  shark oil.
  

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• . Same as Angel fish (a), under Angel.

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• noun a measure undertaken by a corporation to discourage unwanted takeover attempts
  porcupine provision.
  

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• noun a fatty yellow to brown oil obtained from the livers of sharks; used for dressing leather and as a source of vitamin A
  shark oil.
  

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• noun large primitive shark widely distributed in warm seas
  cow shark; Hexanchus griseus.
  

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• noun smooth dogfish of European coastal waters
  Mustelus mustelus; smoothhound.
  

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• noun Pacific shark valued for its fins (used by Chinese in soup) and liver (rich in vitamin A)
  Galeorhinus zyopterus; soup-fin; soupfin.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a small shark (Scyllium ventricosum) of the west coast of North America, which takes in air when caught, and swells up like a swellfish.

Webster 1913

• a large, voracious shark. See Thrasher.

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• noun large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed
  fox shark; thresher; Alopius vulpinus; thrasher.
  

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• noun large dangerous warm-water shark with striped or spotted body
  Galeocerdo cuvieri.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a voracious shark (Galeocerdo maculatus ∨ tigrinus) more or less barred or spotted with yellow. It is found in both the Atlantic and Indian Ocean. Called also zebra shark.

Webster 1913

• noun large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide; resembles a whale and feeds chiefly on plankton
  Rhincodon typus.
  

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• a huge harmless shark (Rhinodon typicus) of the Indian Ocean. It becomes sixty feet or more in length, but has very small teeth.
• . (Zoöl.) (a) The basking, or liver, shark. (b) A very large harmless shark (Rhinodon typicus) native of the Indian Ocean. It sometimes becomes sixty feet long.

Webster 1913

• noun large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans
  man-eating shark; great white shark; Carcharodon carcharias; man-eater.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a species of man-eating shark. See under Shark.

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• noun large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin; worldwide distribution; most dangerous shark
  Carcharinus longimanus; white-tipped shark; oceanic whitetip shark.
  

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• noun smooth dogfish of Pacific and Indian Oceans and Red Sea having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins
  Triaenodon obseus; reef whitetip shark.
  
• noun large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin; worldwide distribution; most dangerous shark
  Carcharinus longimanus; white-tipped shark; oceanic whitetip shark.
  

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• . Same as Tiger shark, under Tiger.

Webster 1913