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Home Dictionary Name: sharking Page: 5Carchariidae
a natural family comprising the sand sharks in some classifications coextensive with the family Carcharhinidae...
Carcharias
The type and sole genus of Carchariidae the sand sharks...
bonnet head
small harmless hammerhead shark Sphyrna tiburio of the southern United States and West Indies having a spade shaped head abundant in bays and estuaries...
Barracuda
Any of several voracious pikelike marine fishes allied to the gray mullets constituting the genus Sphyraeligna and family Sphyraelignidaelig The great barracuda Sphyraeligna barracuda of the West Indies Florida etc is often six feet or more long and as dangerous as a shark In Cuba its flesh is reputed to be poisonous Sphyraeligna Argentea of the Pacific coast and Sphyraeligna sphyraeligna of Europe are smaller species and are used as food...
Shovelnose
The common sand shark See under Snad...
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