noun / verb
shark
SHARK/ʃɑːrk/
A predatory cartilaginous fish.
A shark swims near the surface, its fin breaking the water.
Etymology
The fish name has no secure origin. It may have developed from a word for a dishonest, predatory person, transferring the image of preying on others to the fish.
In context
a few small nurse and reef sharks appear in the waist deep water. The most trusting [music] of these animals and the first to approach the divers is the nurse shark.
More examples
- The shark has a skeleton made of cartilage rather than bone.
- Several sharks circle a school of fish.
- The diver watches a shark glide past the reef.
Forms
shark · sharks