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ANGEL SHARK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does angel shark mean?
• ANGEL SHARK (noun)
The noun ANGEL SHARK has 1 sense:
1. sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do
Familiarity information: ANGEL SHARK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
angel shark; angelfish; monkfish; Squatina squatina
Hypernyms ("angel shark" is a kind of...):
shark (any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales)
Holonyms ("angel shark" is a member of...):
genus Squatina; Squatina (type genus of the Squatinidae: angel sharks)
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