shark
English Thesaurus
1. any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | elasmobranch, selachian, |
| definition | : | any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks; rays; skates (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | mackerel shark, |
| definition | : | fierce pelagic and oceanic sharks (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ginglymostoma cirratum, nurse shark, |
| definition | : | small bottom-dwelling shark of warm shallow waters on both coasts of North America and South America and from southeast Asia to Australia (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | rhincodon typus, whale shark, |
| definition | : | large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide; resembles a whale and feeds chiefly on plankton (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cat shark, |
| definition | : | small bottom-dwelling sharks with cat-like eyes; found along continental slopes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | requiem shark, |
| definition | : | any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | dogfish, |
| definition | : | any of several small sharks (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | hammerhead, hammerhead shark, |
| definition | : | medium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a flattened hammer-shaped head; worldwide in warm waters; can be dangerous (noun.animal) |
2. a person who is unusually skilled in certain ways (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | expert, |
| definition | : | a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully (noun.person) |
3. a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | offender, wrongdoer, |
| definition | : | a person who transgresses moral or civil law (noun.person) |
4. hunt shark (verb.competition)
| hypernym | : | fish, |
| definition | : | catch or try to catch fish or shellfish (verb.competition) |
5. play the shark; act with trickery (verb.social)
| hypernym | : | cheat, chisel, |
| definition | : | engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud (verb.social) |
6. any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales (noun.animal)
| derivation | : | shark, |
| definition | : | hunt shark (verb.competition) |
7. hunt shark (verb.competition)
| derivation | : | shark, |
| definition | : | any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales (noun.animal) |
8. any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales (noun.animal)
| derivation | : | shark, |
| definition | : | hunt shark (verb.competition) |
9. hunt shark (verb.competition)
| derivation | : | shark, |
| definition | : | any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales (noun.animal) |
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