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