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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.
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v. i.
To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.
n.
Any small shark of the genus Scyllium; -- called also dogfish. See Dogfish.
v. t.
To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.
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.
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.
v. t. & i.
Trickery; fraud; petty rapine; as, to live upon the shark.
n.
One who lives by sharking.
n.
A small shark or dogfish (Galeorhinus, / Galeus, galeus), native of Europe, but found also on the coasts of California and Tasmania; -- called also toper, oil shark, miller's dog, and penny dog.
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n.
A Pacific Ocean shark (Hexanchus corinus).
n.
The common sand shark. See under Snad.
n.
A small California shark (Heptranchias maculatus), which is taken for its oil.
n.
The basking, or liver, shark.
v. i.
To live by shifts and stratagems.
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.
n.
Petty rapine; trick; also, seeking a livelihood by shifts and dishonest devices.
v. i.
To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.
v. t. & i.
A rapacious, artful person; a sharper.
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