CAT SHARK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cat shark mean? 

• CAT SHARK (noun)
  The noun CAT SHARK has 1 sense:

1. small bottom-dwelling sharks with cat-like eyes; found along continental slopes

  Familiarity information: CAT SHARK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAT SHARK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small bottom-dwelling sharks with cat-like eyes; found along continental slopes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("cat 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 ("cat shark" is a member of...):

family Scyliorhinidae; Scyliorhinidae (small bottom-dwelling sharks)