Catshark

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the sharks in the family Scyliorhinidae
  2. 2
    A deepwater catshark (any of family Pentanchidae).
  3. 3
    A coloured catshark (any of family Atelomycteridae).
  4. 4
    Any of several sharks of the family Pseudotriakidae.
  5. 5
    A finback catshark (any of the family Proscylliidae).

Etymology

From cat + shark.

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