shark1

noun

• 1a long-bodied chiefly marine fish with a cartilaginous skeleton, a prominent dorsal fin, and tooth-like scales. Most sharks are predatory, though the largest kinds feed on plankton, and some can grow to a large size.

  • Several orders (or superorders) of the subclass Elasmobranchii: many families

• 2a small SE Asian freshwater fish with a shark-like tail, popular in aquaria.

  • Two species in the family Cyprinidae: the small red-tailed black shark (Labeo bicolor), and the larger black shark (Morulius chrysophekadion)

• 3a light greyish-brown European moth, the male of which has pale silvery hindwings.

  • Genus Cucullia, family Noctuidae: several species

verb

• (typically of a man at a social gathering) be in active pursuit of a sexual partner:as soon as he arrived he was sharking among the women