Noahn.
/ˈnəʊə/, U.S. /ˈnoʊə/, Australian English /ˈnoʊə/ Australian slang.
A shark. Cf. Noah's Ark n. 8.
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the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > member of (shark)
shark1569
hay-fish1613
sea-shark1655
sea-panther1668
beam-fish1742
squalus1753
water-lawyer1794
squaloid1836
Noah's Ark1945
Noah1965
1965 N.Y. Herald Tribune 13 June (Travel & Resorts) 12/7 ‘Noahs’ (sharks) are always to be avoided.
1968 D. O'Grady Bottle of Sandwiches 52 A place where the liquid came in glasses and had no Noahs in it.
1982 Bulletin (Sydney) 13 July 65/1 ‘I tell you what's worse than the Noahs,’ said Edgar. ‘What about those bloody dragon-flies?’
1994 Sydney Morning Herald 1 Jan. 3 (heading) High-flying shark spotters know their Noahs.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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