What is the meaning of SHARKS. Phrases containing SHARKS
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Crosses on the Soles of One's Feet
Tattoos of crosses on the soles of one's feet are acquired to ward off hungry sharks.
A sailor that gets out of hand and then is thrown into the brig by naval MP's. [Did you see all the sharks that he SPs got this weekend?].
Sharks was old nautical slang for the press−gang.
A deck of cards. This stemmed from the large number of card sharks working aboard the railroads.
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An order of fishes including the sharks and rays; -- called also Plagiostomata.
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An order of elasmobranchs including the sharks and rays; the Plagiostomi. Called also Selacha, Selache, and Selachoidei.
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One who, or that which, has an appetite for human flesh; specifically, one of certain large sharks (esp. Carcharodon Rondeleti); also, a lion or a tiger which has acquired the habit of feeding upon human flesh.
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An extinct genus of sharks having conical, compressed teeth.
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Having the skeleton in the state of cartilage, the bones containing little or no calcareous matter; said of certain fishes, as the sturgeon and the sharks.
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Any one of several species of sharks of the family Notidanidae, or Hexanchidae. Called also cow sharks. See Shark.
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The suborder of elasmobranch fishes which comprises the sharks.
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A group of fishes, characterized by cartilaginous fins and skeleton. It includes both ganoids (sturgeons, etc.) and selachians (sharks), but is now often restricted to the latter.
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Having the vertebral column evidently continued into the upper lobe of the tail, which is usually longer than the lower one, as in sharks.
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The skin of various small sharks and other fishes when having small, rough, bony scales. The dogfishes of the genus Scyllium furnish a large part of that used in the arts.
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Any fish having placoid scales, as the sharks.
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That division of elasmobranch fishes which includes the sharks.
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Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an extinct genus of sharks (Hybodus), especially in the form of the teeth, which consist of a principal median cone with smaller lateral ones.
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Like or pertaining to a shark or sharks.
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Either one of the nurse sharks.
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One of a pair of male copulatory organs, developed on the anterior side of the ventral fins of sharks and other elasmobranchs. See Illust. of Chimaera.
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A group of fishes including the sharks and rays; the Elasmobranchii; -- called also Placoidei.
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A subclass of fishes, comprising the sharks, the rays, and the Chimaera. The skeleton is mainly cartilaginous.
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