Shark

Theme list: shark with definitions

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FRONT	WORD	BACK	DEFINITION
—	PUP	ASU	[v. PUPPED, PUPPING, PUPS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, bat or shark, or the young of certain other animals.
—	CHUM	PS	[v. CHUMMED, CHUMMING, CHUMS] [Wiktionary - Sense 7] A mixture of (frequently rancid) fish parts and blood, dumped into the water as groundbait to attract predator fish, such as sharks.
S	TOPE	DERS	[v. TOPED, TOPING, TOPES] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] A small, grey, European shark, Galeorhinus galeus, that has rough skin and a long snout.
—	DUSKY	—	[a. DUSKIER, DUSKIEST] [Wiktionary - Sense 5] A dusky shark.
—	NURSE	DRS	[v. NURSED, NURSING°, NURSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 19] A nurse shark or dogfish.
—	PANGA	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] Any of various edible freshwater fish of the genus Pangasius, native to southeast Asia, especially an iridescent shark, Pangasius hypophthalmus, now reclassified as Pangasianodon hypophthalmus.
—	SHARK	S	[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 3] Any fish of the class Chondrichthyes, especially an extinct shark-like holocephalian.
—	SHIRK	S	[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to avoid work or duty
—	SNARK	SY	[n. -S] · an imaginary animal
—	SQUAT	S	[a. SQUATTER°, SQUATTEST] [Wiktionary - Sense 22] The angel shark (genus Squatina).
—	REQUIN	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias).
—	SHARKS	—	[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] plural of shark
—	SHIVER	SY	[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 13] Collective noun for a group of sharks.
—	DOGFISH	—	[n. -ES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of various small sharks
—	FINNING	—	[v. FINNED, FINNING, FINS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The act of removing a live shark's fin, and releasing the shark back into the sea.
—	FOXFISH	—	[n. -ES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A fox shark or sea fox.
—	REQUIEM	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 5] A large or dangerous shark, specifically, (zoology) a member of the family Carcharhinidae.
—	REQUINS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias).
—	SHARKED	—	[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] simple past and past participle of shark
—	SHARKER	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] A shark fisher
—	SHYLOCK	S	[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A loan shark; a usurer.
—	SQUALID	—	[a. -IDER, -IDEST] [Wiktionary - Sense 3] Any member of the family Squalidae of dogfish sharks.
—	GRAYFISH	—	[n. -ES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Synonym of common thresher (“a shark of species Alopias vulpinus”).
—	SHAGREEN	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An untanned leather, often dyed green; originally made from horse skin, today mostly made from the skin of a shark or ray.
—	SHARKERS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] plural of sharker
—	SHARKING	—	[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] present participle and gerund of shark
—	SHARKISH	—	[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Having shark-like characteristics, such as fierceness or agility.
—	SQUALENE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A linear triterpene hydrocarbon found in shark liver oil and in human sebum; it plays a role in the biosynthesis of steroids.
—	ANTISHARK	—	[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Preventing attacks by sharks.
—	BARRACUDA	S	[n. -S] · © alt. of Barracouata~ «A voracious pikelike~, marine fish, of the genus Sphyraena~, sometimes used as food» / ----- { barracouta § barracoutas barracuda barracudas }
—	DOGFISHES	—	[n. -ES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of various small sharks
—	FOXFISHES	—	[n. -ES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A fox shark or sea fox.
—	PILOTFISH	—	[n. -ES] · Derivative of pilot fish «a small carangid fish, Naucrates~ ductor~, of tropical and subtropical seas, marked with dark vertical bands: often accompanies sharks and other large fishes»
—	PORBEAGLE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A large pelagic predatory shark, Lamna nasus, of the Atlantic.
—	SELACHIAN	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Pertaining to (what is now classified as) the superorder Selachimorpha or division Selachii, comprising the sharks; or, sometimes more broadly, to the subclass Elasmobranchii, including sharks, rays and related species.
—	SHAGREENS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An untanned leather, often dyed green; originally made from horse skin, today mostly made from the skin of a shark or ray.
—	SHARKLIKE	—	[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Similar to a shark; like a shark
—	SHARKSKIN	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The skin of a shark; shagreen.
—	GRAYFISHES	—	[n. -ES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Synonym of common thresher (“a shark of species Alopias vulpinus”).
—	HAMMERHEAD	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] Any shark of the family Sphyrnidae, which only includes the genera Sphyrna and Zygaena, with eyes set on projections from the sides of the head.
—	PORBEAGLES	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A large pelagic predatory shark, Lamna nasus, of the Atlantic.
—	SHOVELNOSE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The common sand shark.
—	HAMMERHEADS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] Any shark of the family Sphyrnidae, which only includes the genera Sphyrna and Zygaena, with eyes set on projections from the sides of the head.
—	PILOTFISHES	—	[n. -ES] · Derivative of pilot fish «a small carangid fish, Naucrates~ ductor~, of tropical and subtropical seas, marked with dark vertical bands: often accompanies sharks and other large fishes»
—	SHOVELNOSES	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The common sand shark.
—	HETEROCERCAL	—	[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Of a fish's tail, such that the vertebral column bends and extends upwards into the upper lobe of the tail, making it larger than the lower lobe; as in sharks, rays, and skates.

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