What is the meaning of SHARKS. Phrases containing SHARKS
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Crosses on the Soles of One's Feet
Tattoos of crosses on the soles of one's feet are acquired to ward off hungry sharks.
Sharks was old nautical slang for the press−gang.
A sailor that gets out of hand and then is thrown into the brig by naval MP's. [Did you see all the sharks that he SPs got this weekend?].
A deck of cards. This stemmed from the large number of card sharks working aboard the railroads.
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A subclass of fishes, comprising the sharks, the rays, and the Chimaera. The skeleton is mainly cartilaginous.
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Having the vertebral column evidently continued into the upper lobe of the tail, which is usually longer than the lower one, as in sharks.
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An extinct genus of sharks having conical, compressed teeth.
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An order of fishes including the sharks and rays; -- called also Plagiostomata.
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A group of fishes, characterized by cartilaginous fins and skeleton. It includes both ganoids (sturgeons, etc.) and selachians (sharks), but is now often restricted to the latter.
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An order of elasmobranchs including the sharks and rays; the Plagiostomi. Called also Selacha, Selache, and Selachoidei.
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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.
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Either one of the nurse sharks.
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A group of fishes including the sharks and rays; the Elasmobranchii; -- called also Placoidei.
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Any one of several species of sharks of the family Notidanidae, or Hexanchidae. Called also cow sharks. See Shark.
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That division of elasmobranch fishes which includes the sharks.
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The skin of various small sharks and other fishes when having small, rough, bony scales. The dogfishes of the genus Scyllium furnish a large part of that used in the arts.
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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.
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The suborder of elasmobranch fishes which comprises the sharks.
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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.
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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.
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Any fish having placoid scales, as the sharks.
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Like or pertaining to a shark or sharks.
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