| 单词 | sevengill shark |
| 释义 | > as lemmassevengill shark sevengill n. (also †sevengills) (more fully sevengill shark) either of two sharks of the family Hexanchidae having seven pairs of gills (rather than the usual five or six), the broad-nosed Notorynchus cepedianus, found in shallow coastal waters of the Pacific and south Atlantic Oceans, and the sharp-nosed Heptranchias perlo, found more widely in deeper waters.Cf. seven-gilled adj. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. 5531/2 Sevengills, a shark of the genus Heptanchus or Notidamus; a cow-shark. 1951 Calif. Fish & Game July 38 325 In all of the four shark derbies held to date the largest sharks caught have been sevengills. 1987 Boys' Life July 58/2 I worked beside the sevengill sharks in particular for about six years. 2010 Guardian 3 Feb. 11/5 Lydia Ward, 14, was in waist-deep water with her brother at Oreti beach on New Zealand's South Island when the shark—believed to be a broad-nosed sevengill—grabbed her hip. < as lemmas |
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