six-gilled_shark (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *six-gilled shark*:
NOUN	animal	six-gilled shark, cow shark, Hexanchus griseus	large primitive shark widely distributed in warm seas

English > *six-gilled shark*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	large primitive shark widely distributed in warm seas.
Synonyms	cow shark, Hexanchus griseus
Member of	Hexanchus, genus Hexanchus	A genus of Hexanchidae
Broader	shark	Any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
Catalan	Hexanchus griseus, hexànquid

HyperDic: six-gilled_shark