shark

About 2.42 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Any predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.
2. noun Meat of this animal, consumed as food.
3. noun Any fish of the class Chondrichthyes, especially an extinct shark-like holocephalian.
4. noun A freshwater fish that resembles a true shark (Selachimorpha) in appearance or movement; a freshwater shark. Any fish in the genus Epalzeorhynchos. Any fish in the genus Balantiocheilos. An iridescent shark (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus). A roseline shark (Dawkinsia denisonii). A paroon shark (Pangasius sanitwongsei).
5. noun Any fish in the genus Epalzeorhynchos.
6. noun Any fish in the genus Balantiocheilos.
7. noun An iridescent shark (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus).
8. noun A roseline shark (Dawkinsia denisonii).

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