2.InformalA person, such as a loan shark, who takes advantage of the misfortune of others for personal gain. 3.InformalA person unusually skilled in a particular activity:a card shark. v.sharked,shark·ing,sharks v.tr.Archaic To obtain by deceitful or underhand means. ...
sawshark (ˈsɔːˌʃɑːk) n (Animals) a shark with a long, flat, saw-like snout from the family Pristiophoridae and found in waters from South Africa to Australia and Japan Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers ...
What is the taxonomy of a cheetah? Cheetahs: Cheetahs a type of large cat, famous for their speed. Cheetahs today are almost entirely found in Africa, but historically their range included parts of southern and western Asia as well. Cheetahs can reach incredible speeds, but cannot maintain tho...
Shimada K, Chandler RE, Lam OLT, Tanaka T, Ward DJ. 2017. A new elusive otodontid shark (Lamniformes: Otodontidae) from the lower Miocene, and comments on the taxonomy of otodontid genera, including the `megatoothed' clade. Hist Biol. 29:704-714. doi:10.1080 /08912963.2016.1236795...
Taxonomy and morphology of species of the genus Squalus Linnaeus, 1758 from the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean (Chondrichthyes: Squaliformes: Squalidae) Squalus is a genus of reportedly cosmopolitan shark species that have a high taxonomic complexity due to difficulties in their morphological differentiatio....
survey of the collections of Natural History Museum of Bern yielded the following fossils: brachiopods, bivalves (ostreids, pecti- nids, cardiids, arcids, spondylids, pinnids), gastropods (naticids, scalariids, rostellariids), irregular echinoids, crabs, shark teeth, serpulids, and nautilids...
A taxonomic overview of the marine environment is presented along with specifics on the key phyla. This is accompanied by a brief history of marine natural products research, the aspirations in this field of research, and an analysis, on a taxonomic basi
(Cynoglossus sp.); Hoplichthys paramyxovirus for Wēnlǐng hoplichthys paramyxovirus (WHPV) identified in a flathead (Hoplichthys sp.); and Scoliodon paramyxovirus for Wēnzhōu pacific spadenose shark paramyxovirus (WPSSPV) discovered in a Pacific spadenose shark (Scoliodon macrorhynchos) [29]...
Paranthropus boisei, Paranthropus aethiopicus, and Paranthropus robustus are the three known species within the Paranthropus genus. These three species are collectively known as robust because they have enormous jaws and molar teeth. While not classified as direct relatives of H. sapiens, these...
Historically, morphological investigation of the dermal denticles of sharks have been used to taxonomically classify different families and to yield ecological information about shark communities45,46,47. These epidermal features have recently seen increased interest due to access to high resolution imaging...