Lexic.us

Definition of Shark

1. Noun. Any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales.

2. Verb. Play the shark; act with trickery.

3. Noun. A person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest.

4. Verb. Hunt shark. "In the summer they like to go out and shark"

5. Noun. A person who is unusually skilled in certain ways. ; "A card shark"

Definition of Shark

1. n. Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas.

2. v. t. To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.

3. v. i. To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.

Definition of Shark

1. to live by trickery [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Shark

1. 1. Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas. Some sharks, as the basking shark and the whale shark, grow to an enormous size, the former becoming forty feet or more, and the latter sixty feet or more, in length. most of them are harmless to man, but some are exceedingly voracious. The man-eating sharks mostly belong to the genera Carcharhinus, Carcharodon, and related genera. They have several rows of large sharp teeth with serrated edges, as the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias, or Rondeleti) of tropical seas, and the great blue shark (Carcharhinus glaucus) of all tropical and temperate seas. The former sometimes becomes thirty-six feet long, and is the most voracious and dangerous species known. The rare man-eating shark of the United States coast (Charcarodon Atwoodi) is thought by some to be a variety, or the young, of C. Carcharias. The dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus), and the smaller blue shark (C. Caudatus), both common species on the coast of the United States, are of moderate size and not dangerous. They feed on shellfish and bottom fishes. 2. A rapacious, artful person; a sharper. 3. Trickery; fraud; petty rapine; as, to live upon the shark. Baskin shark, Liver shark, Nurse shark, Oil shark, Sand shark, Tiger shark, etc. See Basking, Liver, etc. See also Dogfish, Houndfish, Notidanian, and Tope. Gray shark, the sand shark. Hammer-headed shark. See Hammerhead. Port Jackson shark. See Cestraciont. Shark barrow, the eggcase of a shark; a sea purse. Shark ray. Same as Angel fish, under Angel. Thrasher shark, or Thresher shark, a large, voracious shark. See Thrasher. Whale shark, a huge harmless shark (Rhinodon typicus) of the Indian Ocean. It becomes sixty feet or more in length, but has very small teeth. Origin: Of uncertain origin; perhaps through OF. Fr. Carcharus a kind of dogfish, Gr, so called from its sharp teeth, fr. Having sharp or jagged teeth; or perhaps named from its rapacity (cf. Shark, &i); cf. Corn. Scarceas. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shark

sharia shariah shariahs shariah law sharias shariat shariats sharia law sharif sharifian

sharifs sharing sharings Shari River shark (current term) shark (current term) shark-liver oil sharked sharker sharkers

sharking sharkings sharklike sharks sharks sharkskin sharkskins sharksucker shark liver oil shark oil

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