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shark
shark member of a group of almost exclusively marine and predaceous fishes. There are about 250 species of sharks, ranging from the 2-ft (60-cm) pygmy shark to 50-ft (15-m) giants. They are found in all seas, but are most abundant in warm waters. Some may enter large rivers, and one ferocious fresh... Read more
whale shark
whale shark large, plankton-eating shark, Rhincodon typus, found in all tropical seas of the world. The largest known specimens are 50 ft (15 m) long, making them the largest fish in the world. The whale shark feeds largely on plankton, as well as on small fish and crustaceans. It is the only lar... Read more
white shark
white shark large, ferocious shark, Carcharodon carcharias. Also known as the maneater, this aggressive shark can attack swimmers and boats without provocation. Although not abundant anywhere, it is widely distributed in tropical and temperate oceans and is found in both inshore and deep waters; ... Read more
basking shark
basking shark large, plankton-feeding shark, Cetorhinus maximus, inhabiting many oceans of the world, especially in temperate regions. Found singly or in schools of up to 100, it spends much of its time on or just below the surface, cruising slowly with its dorsal fin breaking water. It reaches a... Read more
hammerhead shark
hammerhead shark active, surface-living shark, genus Sphyrina. Its curious head has lateral projections resembling the crossbar of a T, and its eyes and ears are located in the outer tips of the projections. It has been suggested that the extension of the head in the plane of the pectoral fins ma... Read more
elasmobranch
elasmobranch , cartilaginous fish, member of the subclass Elasmobranchii of the vertebrate class Chondrichthyes (see Chordata ). This group includes sharks , skates, and rays . ... Read more
mako
mako , heavy-bodied, fast-swimming shark , genus Isurus, highly prized as a game fish. Also known as the sharp-nosed mackerel shark, it is a member of the mackerel shark family, which also includes the great white shark and the porbeagle. The mako is deep blue above and white below, with a coni... Read more
remora
remora , any of the several species of warmwater fishes of the family Echeneidae, characterized by an oval sucking disk on the top of the head. With this apparatus (a modification of the dorsal fin) the remora, or suckerfish, attaches itself to sharks, swordfishes, drums, marlins, and sea turtles. I... Read more
dogfish
dogfish name for a number of small sharks of several different families. Best known are the spiny dogfishes (family Squalidae) and the smooth dogfishes (family Triakidae). Spiny dogfishes have two spines, one in front of each dorsal fin, and lack an anal fin. The common spiny, or piked, dogfish ( S... Read more
chimaera
chimaera , cartilaginous marine fish, related to the sharks. Also called ratfishes, chimaeras are found in temperate oceans throughout the world, mostly in deep water. They have large heads, long, thin, ratlike tails, and large, fanlike pectoral fins. In many species there is a poison spine in front... Read more

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Sharks
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science Sharks The sharks are a group of more than 350 related species of cartilaginous fish...in the world. Far from their reputation as primitive monsters, the sharks are, in fact, some of the most fascinating, well-adapted marine...
sharks
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea sharks are elasmobranch fishes with cartilaginous...include about 368 species of selachians (true sharks) belonging to 30 families, and a further...ft) and is the world's largest fish. Sharks have gill slits rather than covered gills...
shark
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...fishes. There are about 250 species of sharks, ranging from the 2-ft (60-cm...for members of several families of small sharks; these should not be confused with the...species; many of the estimated 100 million sharks landed annually are taken just for the...
Cartilaginous fish
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...Cartilaginous fish Cartilaginous fish such as sharks, skates, and rays are vertebrates whose...are characteristic of the skin of both sharks and rays. The touch of shark ’...strong spines. The jaw teeth of both sharks and rays are, in fact, modified dermal...
Fish
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science ...humans). Cartilaginous fish include the sharks, skates, rays, and dogfish. The remainder...made of cartilage — include both sharks and rays. An intriguing characteristic of sharks is the presence of tiny primitive teeth on...
Cartilage Supplements
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine ...from such animal sources as cattle, sheep, sharks, and chickens, with cows and sharks being the predominant sources. Bovine cartilage...while the cartilage from the heads and fins of sharks is used for shark supplements. General use Both...
Skates
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...cartilaginous fish, the same class that contains sharks, rays, and chimeras. Skates, and their...in courtship. Like their relatives the sharks, skates have well-developed lower jaws...haddock. BOOKS Hamlett, William C., ed. Sharks, Skates and Rays: The Biology of Elasmobranch...
Chimaeras
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...deep offshore waters. Closely related to sharks, rays, and dogfish, chimaeras are characterized...their larger relatives — the sharks, for example — they are all...large pectoral fins, unlike those of sharks, play a major role in swimming, while...
Echolocation
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science ...have been quickly driven to extinction by sharks, which have a very keen sense of smell. These marine mammals not only compete with sharks for food sources, but have themselves been preyed upon by sharks. Echolocation helps them find food and...
dogfish
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition dogfish name for a number of small sharks of several different families. Best known...dogfish family also includes two small sharks abundant on the Pacific coast of the United...bony fishes (see bowfin ). The dogfish sharks are classified in the phylum Chordata...

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Lamniformes
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology ...Chondrichthyes , subclass Elasmobranchii ) An order of sharks (not recognized by all authorities) that have...most species. The order includes a variety of sharks, e.g. Orectolobidae (carpet sharks), Lamnidae (mako sharks), and Scyliorhinidae...
Heterodontidae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology ...Elasmobranchii , order Heterodontiformes ) A small family of marine sharks that have two dorsal fins each preceded by a stout spine and...dorsal ridge marking the otherwise blunt head profile. These sharks are bottom-dwelling and fairly slow-moving animals, feeding...
Climatiiformes
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology Climatiiformes ( spiny sharks ; class Acanthodii ) One of the larger orders of fossil fish that had bony jaws and body...belly and reached a length of only 8 cm. These fish may actually be half-way between the sharks and the bony fish.
Carcharhinidae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology ...Elasmobranchii , order Lamniformes ) A large family of mainly pelagic sharks, in which the last of the five gill slits are placed over the...larger of the two dorsal fins is placed well forward. These sharks have a generally drab brown to blue colour, being lighter underneath...
electroreceptor
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology ...ampulla of Lorenzini , groups of which are embedded in the head of sharks and rays. Each consists of a jelly-filled cuplike structure...respiratory muscles of a resting plaice buried in the sand. Sharks and rays also use their ampullae of Lorenzini as magnetoreceptors...
Fields, W. C.
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Berlin's Watch Your Step ; 1915—first film, Pool Sharks, based on vaudeville act; 1916—began to introduce...California, 25 December 1946. Films as Actor: 1915 Pool Sharks (Middleton); His Lordship's Dilemma (Haddock—...
Spacey, Kevin
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Hostile Hostages ) (Demme) (as Lloyd Chasseur); Swimming with Sharks (The Boss ) (The Buddy Factor ) (Huang) (as Buddy Ackerman...succession—The Usual Suspects, Seven, and Swimming with Sharks —transformed him from a cult actor treasured by connoisseurs...
Orectolobidae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology ...Lamniformes ) A small family of slowmoving, bottom-living sharks in which the two dorsal fins are located far back on the body...fins, is present. Perhaps the most colourful of the carpet sharks is Orectolobus ornatus (gulf wobbegong), of southern Australia...
Callorhynchidae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology ...Chimaeriformes ) A small family of marine fish related distantly to the sharks and rays. They possess a cartilaginous skeleton and the club...the trunk of an elephant, especially in the males. Unlike sharks, the elephant fish have a movable gill cover over the gill...
Bassani, Francesco
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Bassani ’ s papers are devoted exclusively to fossil sharks, and studies of this group of fishes form prominent parts of...discriminating shark teeth and eventually concluded that all Pliocene sharks belonged to existing species. Bassani ’ s most significant...

Thesaurus entries related to "Sharks"

accursed
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English accursed • adjective   1. that accursed noise | those accursed loan sharks synonyms : hateful, detestable, despicable, horrible, foul, abominable, odious, obnoxious.   2. the witch and...
shark
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus shark • noun  See table. Sharks angel shark basking shark blue shark dogfish great white shark hammerhead mackerel shark mako monkfish nurse shark porbeagle requiem shark shovelhead thresher shark tope whale shark
octopus
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...nurseries and breeding grounds for a whole new ecosystem, including sponges, octopi [read octopuses ], shrimp, oysters, sharks, fiddler crabs, and man.” ( Christian Science Monitor ; Mar. 14, 1984.) Occasionally the pedantic octopodes...

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Sharks control their own destiny.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 4/4/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...Calif. _ Just like last season, the Sharks' first-round opponent is shaping up...four points fighting for four spots _ the Sharks can clinch their fourth consecutive postseason...or a tie against Phoenix. And if the Sharks win their remaining three games, they...
Sharks.(shark behavior and anatomy)(includes teaching guide, games, puzzles and crafts)
Magazine article from: Science Weekly; 9/25/1998; 700+ words ; ...nothing! Of the more than 350 species of sharks, only 32 have ever been known to attack humans. Most sharks will stay away from people, unless provoked...often on surfboards) for their prey. Most sharks prefer to eat foods high in fat content...
Sharks.
Magazine article from: Science Weekly; 11/9/2007; 700+ words ; [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Look at the sharks. Sharks have fins. There are many kinds of sharks. Sharks are fish. Sharks live in oceans (o-ceans) and rivers (riv-ers). Sharks eat smaller fish and other sea animals. Sharks have strong...
Sharks must gel quickly.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Tribune (South Africa); 2/7/2010; 700+ words ; ...would turn out. The experts, mostly former players and coaches, had the Sharks in their top four and many picked the Sharks as the eventual winners. This year, the Sharks have disappeared from almost everybody's predictions of who the four...
Sharks: time for tough questions.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Tribune (South Africa); 1/31/2010; 700+ words ; ...BYLINE: GAVIN RICH in Cape Town If the Sharks were looking for some consolation after...the Super 14 with something to spare." Sharks coach John Plumtree and his management...Africa Tri-Series. Any criticism of the Sharks has to be counter-balanced by acknowledgement...
Sharks intent on a long-term flyhalf plan.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Tribune (South Africa); 1/24/2010; 700+ words ; BYLINE: CRAIG LEWIS Sharks coach John Plumtree made a most valid...is understandable that in the past the Sharks have hoped to ignite their backline with...Lacroix and Michalak, who helped the Sharks to their past two Currie Cup titles...
Sharks face challenges rest of way.
Newspaper article from: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA); 1/26/2007; 700+ words ; ...Coming out of the All-Star break, the Sharks have plenty of immediate incentive staring...points just 3 1/2 weeks ago. If the Sharks win tonight at Edmonton, a victory Sunday...rivals in a virtual dead heat. (The Sharks would gain the benefit of the tiebreaker...
Sharks not ready for prime time.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 12/23/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...half-minute. That's how close the Sharks came to finally winning a game when the...chance went dark. No surprise there. The Sharks have played more than two dozen regular...didn't win one Sunday. Instead, the Sharks settled for a 1-1 tie against the Nashville...
Sharks turn back Coyotes.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 4/17/2002; ; 700+ words ; SAN JOSE_It's a good thing the Sharks didn't end up drawing the Los Angeles...in real trouble Wednesday night. The Sharks took seven penalties during Game 1 of...play could have feasted. Luckily for the Sharks, the Coyotes don't possess the same...
Sharks' frustrations continue.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 11/30/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...only they could start over. Right? The Sharks, that is. If only the calendar could say Oct. 10 all over again. If only the Sharks could begin the season with every man...has been the mantra of every optimistic Sharks watcher. One problem, though. It is...