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catshark

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cat-shark
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the sharks in the family Scyliorhinidae

noun

A deepwater catshark (any member of the family Pentanchidae).

noun

A coloured catshark (any member of the family Atelomycteridae).

noun

Any of several sharks of the family Pseudotriakidae.

noun

A finback catshark (any of the family Proscylliidae).

Etymology

From cat + shark.

Inflected Forms

catsharks (plural)

Questions

What does catshark mean?
Any of the sharks in the family Scyliorhinidae
Where does catshark come from?
From cat + shark.

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