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zebra shark

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A species of carpet shark, Stegostoma fasciatum, family Stegostomatidae, covered in black spots as adults.

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History

Etymology

The juvenile stage of this shark has stripes reminiscent of a zebra's.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: sebrahaai — Stegostoma fasciatum
  • Azerbaijani: zebrli akula — Stegostoma fasciatum
  • Belarusian: зебравая акула (zjebravaja akula) — Stegostoma fasciatum
  • Belarusian: акула-зебра (akula-zjebra) — Stegostoma fasciatum
  • Bengali: জেব্রা হাঙ্গর (jebra haṅgor) — Stegostoma fasciatum
  • Bengali: বাঘা হাঙ্গর (bagha haṅgor) — Stegostoma fasciatum
  • Catalan: tauró zebra — Stegostoma fasciatum
  • Dutch: zebrahaai — Stegostoma fasciatum
  • Finnish: seeprahai — Stegostoma fasciatum
  • French: requin-zébre — Stegostoma fasciatum
  • French: requin-léopard — Stegostoma fasciatum
  • German: Zebrahai — Stegostoma fasciatum
  • Greek: καρχαρίας ζέβρα (karcharías zévra) — Stegostoma fasciatum
  • Hungarian: zebracápa — Stegostoma fasciatum
  • Indonesian: cucut tokek — Stegostoma fasciatum
  • Indonesian: cucut kembang — Stegostoma fasciatum
  • Italian: squalo zebra — Stegostoma fasciatum
  • Japanese: トラフザメ (torafuzame) — Stegostoma fasciatum
  • Japanese: 虎斑鮫 — Stegostoma fasciatum
  • Kazakh: зебра акуласы — Stegostoma fasciatum
  • Lithuanian: zebrinis ryklys — Stegostoma fasciatum
  • Macedonian: зебреста ајкула (zebresta ajkula) — Stegostoma fasciatum
  • Malayalam: സീബ്ര സ്രാവ് (sībra srāvŭ) — Stegostoma fasciatum
  • Polish: rekin brodaty — Stegostoma fasciatum
  • Polish: rekin lamparci — Stegostoma fasciatum
  • Portuguese: tubarão-zebra — Stegostoma fasciatum
  • Russian: збровая аку́ла (zbrovaja akúla) — Stegostoma fasciatum
  • Russian: аку́ла-зе́бра (akúla-zébra) — Stegostoma fasciatum
  • Spanish: tiburón cebra — Stegostoma fasciatum
  • Swedish: sebrahaj — Stegostoma fasciatum
  • Thai: ปลาฉลามเสือดาว (bplaa chà-lăam sĕua daao) — Stegostoma fasciatum
  • Turkish: zebra köpek balığı — Stegostoma fasciatum
  • Ukrainian: зеброва акула (zebrova akula) — Stegostoma fasciatum
  • Ukrainian: акула-зебра (akula-zebra) — Stegostoma fasciatum