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requiem shark
requiem shark n (Animals) any shark of the family Carcharhinidae, occurring mostly in tropical seas and characterized by a nictitating membrane and a heterocercal tail. The family includes the tiger shark and the soupfin [C17: French requiem probably assimilated from a native name]req′uiem shark` n. any of numerous, chiefly tropical sharks of the family Carcharhinidae, including the tiger shark and soupfin shark. [1895–1900; by folk etym. < French requin shark] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | requiem shark - any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal speciesshark - any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scalesCarcharhinidae, family Carcharhinidae - largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharksbull shark, Carcharhinus leucas, cub shark - a most common shark in temperate and tropical coastal waters worldwide; heavy-bodied and dangerousCarcharhinus plumbeus, sandbar shark - most common grey shark along coasts of middle Atlantic states; sluggish and occasionally caught by fishermenblacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus, sandbar shark - widely distributed shallow-water shark with fins seemingly dipped in inkCarcharinus longimanus, oceanic whitetip shark, white-tipped shark, whitetip shark - large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin; worldwide distribution; most dangerous sharkCarcharhinus obscurus, dusky shark - relatively slender blue-grey shark; nearly worldwide in tropical and temperate waterslemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris - common shallow-water schooling shark of the Atlantic from North Carolina to Brazil and off west Africa; dangerousblue shark, great blue shark, Prionace glauca - slender cosmopolitan, pelagic shark; blue body shades to white belly; dangerous especially during maritime disastersGaleocerdo cuvieri, tiger shark - large dangerous warm-water shark with striped or spotted bodyGaleorhinus zyopterus, soupfin, soup-fin, soupfin shark - Pacific shark valued for its fins (used by Chinese in soup) and liver (rich in vitamin A) |
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Words related to requiem sharknoun any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal speciesRelated Words- shark
- Carcharhinidae
- family Carcharhinidae
- bull shark
- Carcharhinus leucas
- cub shark
- Carcharhinus plumbeus
- sandbar shark
- blacktip shark
- Carcharhinus limbatus
- Carcharinus longimanus
- oceanic whitetip shark
- white-tipped shark
- whitetip shark
- Carcharhinus obscurus
- dusky shark
- lemon shark
- Negaprion brevirostris
- blue shark
- great blue shark
- Prionace glauca
- Galeocerdo cuvieri
- tiger shark
- Galeorhinus zyopterus
- soupfin
- soup-fin
- soupfin shark
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