noun
Meaning 1
Any of the sharks in the family Scyliorhinidae
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Standard Lemma guide
catshark
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noun
Meaning 2
A deepwater catshark (any of family Pentanchidae).
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noun
Meaning 3
A coloured catshark (any of family Atelomycteridae).
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noun
Meaning 4
Any of several sharks of the family Pseudotriakidae.
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noun
Meaning 5
A finback catshark (any of the family Proscylliidae).
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History
Etymology
From cat + shark.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: gat — Any of the sharks in the family Scyliorhinidae
- Chinese Mandarin: 貓鯊 /猫鲨 (māoshā) — Any of the sharks in the family Scyliorhinidae
- Finnish: kissahai — Any of the sharks in the family Scyliorhinidae
- French: roussette — Any of the sharks in the family Scyliorhinidae
- Galician: melgacho — Any of the sharks in the family Scyliorhinidae
- German: Katzenhai — Any of the sharks in the family Scyliorhinidae
- Italian: squalo gattopardo — Any of the sharks in the family Scyliorhinidae
- Italian: gattuccio — Any of the sharks in the family Scyliorhinidae
- Polish: rekinek — Any of the sharks in the family Scyliorhinidae
- Portuguese: peixe-gato — Any of the sharks in the family Scyliorhinidae
- Russian: коша́чья аку́ла (košáčʹja akúla) — Any of the sharks in the family Scyliorhinidae
- Russian: аку́ла-ко́шка (akúla-kóška) — Any of the sharks in the family Scyliorhinidae
- Spanish: pejegato — Any of the sharks in the family Scyliorhinidae
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