2. Adjective. Similar to that of a shark; ''as'', a sharklike grin, sharklike teeth, a sharklike frenzy. ¹
3. Adjective. (context: taxonomy of a fish) Cartilaginous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sharklike
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sharklike
Literary usage of Sharklike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Overheard in Arcady by Robert Bridges (1894)
"Sing, my warriors, sing ! men of the sharklike race ! Sing of the poet who came
and greeted us face to face. He from the cold, gray North, I, ..."
2. Science and Hebrew Tradition by Thomas Henry Huxley (1897)
"... they must have been produced by sharklike fishes; and since many fossil shells
correspond, down to the minutest details of structure, with the shells of ..."
3. Science and Hebrew tradition by Thomas Henry Huxley (1896)
"... they must have been produced by sharklike fishes ; and since many fossil shells
correspond, down to the minutest details of structure, with the shells ..."
4. The English Illustrated Magazine (1900)
"... the gaunt, sharklike dogfish, and attacked on all sides by wriggling clusters
of his enemies, biting, snapping, and tearing away in fierce contest. ..."
5. Essays Upon Some Controverted Questions by Thomas Henry Huxley (1892)
"... they must have been produced by sharklike fishes; and since many fossil shells
correspond, down to the minutest details of structure, with the shells of ..."
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