Word Meanings - SWINGLETAIL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The thrasher, or fox shark. See Thrasher.

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• SHARK
  Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas. Note: Some sharks, as the basking shark and the whale shark, grow to an enormous size, the former becoming forty feet or more, and the latter sixty feet
• SHARKING
  Petty rapine; trick; also, seeking a livelihood by shifts and dishonest devices.
• THRASHER; THRESHER
  A large and voracious shark , remarkable for the great length of the upper lobe of its tail, with which it beats, or thrashes, its prey. It is found both upon the American and the European coasts. Called also fox shark, sea ape, sea fox, slasher,
• SHARKER
  One who lives by sharking.
• BASKING SHARK
  One of the largest species of sharks , so called from its habit of basking in the sun; the liver shark, or bone shark. It inhabits the northern seas of Europe and America, and grows to a length of more than forty feet. It is a harmless species.