Definition of Carpet shark

1. Noun. Shark of the western Pacific with flattened body and mottled skin.

Exact synonyms: Orectolobus Barbatus
Generic synonyms: Shark
Group relationships: Genus Orectolobus, Orectolobus

Definition of Carpet shark

1. Noun. a shark of the order Orectolobiformes ¹

2. Noun. (informal humorous) a ferret ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carpet Shark

carpet bomb
carpet bombed
carpet bombing
carpet bombs
carpet bug
carpet burn
carpet burns
carpet knight
carpet loom
carpet moth
carpet pad
carpet python
carpet shark
carpet sharks
carpet slipper
carpet snake
carpet sweeper
carpet tack
carpetbagged
carpetbagger
carpetbaggeries
carpetbaggers
carpetbaggery
carpetbagging
carpetbags
carpetball

Literary usage of Carpet shark

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fishes of Australia: A Popular and Systematic Guide to the Study of the by David George Stead (1906)
"It is often called Carpet-Shark, on account of the beautiful carpet-like pattern displayed over the skin. This colouration, coupled with the presence of ..."

2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"... also known as the Carpet-Shark, from the beautifully mottled skin. The fish is not peculiar to Australia, but the name is. ..."

3. Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits by Alfred Cort Haddon, William Halse Rivers Rivers, Charles Gabriel Seligman, Charles Samuel Myers, William McDougall, Sidney Herbert Ray, Anthony Wilkin (1912)
"... to Mer to trade with. The small fish known as tup are generally boiled in a shell. Dr Seligmann was informed that sharks, except the carpet shark, ..."

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