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Greenland shark

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A large shark (Somniosus microcephalus) that inhabits the northern Atlantic Ocean.

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29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: tauró de Groenlàndia — Somniosus microcephalus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小頭睡鯊 /小头睡鲨 (xiǎotóushuìshā) — Somniosus microcephalus
  • Danish: grønlandshaj — Somniosus microcephalus
  • Dutch: Groenlandse haai — Somniosus microcephalus
  • Faroese: hákelling — Somniosus microcephalus
  • Finnish: holkeri — Somniosus microcephalus
  • Finnish: jäähai — Somniosus microcephalus
  • Finnish: grönlanninhai — Somniosus microcephalus
  • French: requin du Groenland — Somniosus microcephalus
  • Galician: tiburón de Groenlandia — Somniosus microcephalus
  • German: Grönlandhai — Somniosus microcephalus
  • German: Eishai — Somniosus microcephalus
  • Greenlandic: eqalussuaq — Somniosus microcephalus
  • Icelandic: hákarl — Somniosus microcephalus
  • Irish: siorc beagcheannach — Somniosus microcephalus
  • Italian: squalo della Groenlandia — Somniosus microcephalus
  • Japanese: ニシオンデンザメ (nishionden-zame) — Somniosus microcephalus
  • Korean: 그린란드상어 (geurillandeusang'eo) — Somniosus microcephalus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: håkjerring — Somniosus microcephalus
  • Polish: rekin polarny — Somniosus microcephalus
  • Portuguese: tubarão-da-groenlândia — Somniosus microcephalus
  • Russian: гренла́ндская аку́ла (grenlándskaja akúla) — Somniosus microcephalus
  • Russian: поля́рная аку́ла (poljárnaja akúla) — Somniosus microcephalus
  • Russian: гренла́ндская поля́рная аку́ла (grenlándskaja poljárnaja akúla) — Somniosus microcephalus
  • Spanish: tiburón de Groenlandia — Somniosus microcephalus
  • Swedish: håkäring — Somniosus microcephalus
  • Swedish: ishaj — Somniosus microcephalus
  • Turkish: Grönland köpek balığı — Somniosus microcephalus
  • Welsh: morgi'r Ynys Las — Somniosus microcephalus