tiburón

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shark

The skin of a shark is much rougher than that of a tuna fish. - La piel de un tiburón es mucho más áspera que la de un atún.

According to the news, he was eaten by sharks. - De acuerdo a las noticias, él fue devorado por tiburones.

A relentless and resolute person or group, especially in business
A very good pool player
A scaleless fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton that has 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head

The straunge fishe is in length xvij. foote and iij. foote broad, and in compas about the bodie vj. foote; and is round snowted, short headdid, hauing iij. rankes of teeth on either iawe, . Also it hath v. gills of eache side of the head, shoing white. Ther is no proper name for it that I know, but that sertayne men of Captayne Haukinses doth call it a sharke.

To steal or obtain through fraud
{v} to cheat, trick, gull, pick up eagerly
{n} a voracious fish, tricking fellow, trick
any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales a person who is unusually skilled in certain ways; "a card shark"
disapproval If you refer to a person as a shark, you disapprove of them because they trick people out of their money by giving bad advice about buying, selling, or investments. Beware the sharks when you are making up your mind how to invest. see also loan shark. Any of more than 300 species of predatory cartilaginous fish (order Selachii). An ancient animal, it has changed little in 100 million years. The skin typically is dull gray and tough and has toothlike scales. Most sharks have a muscular, asymmetrical, upturned tail; pointed fins; a pointed snout; and sharp triangular teeth. Sharks have no swim bladder and must swim perpetually to keep from sinking. Most species bear living young. Several species can be dangerous to humans (e.g., great white shark, hammerhead shark, sand shark, tiger shark); smaller ones, called topes, hounds, and dogfishes, are fished commercially. See also basking shark, mackerel shark, mako shark, thresher shark, whale shark. basking shark great white shark white shark hammerhead shark mackerel shark mako shark nurse shark sand shark thresher shark tiger shark whale shark
hunt shark
Trickery; fraud; petty rapine; as, to live upon the shark
A rapacious, artful person; a sharper
For those who don't fully understand this, look up sharks in a good biology book They have to swim forward continually to breath, or so goes the urban myth Could be a quality lie, we don't, know do we?
a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest
a person who is unusually skilled in certain ways; "a card shark"
any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
play the shark; act with trickery
To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly
a person who feigns ineptitude to win money from others, as in "pool shark"
A shark is a very large fish. Some sharks have very sharp teeth and may attack people
Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas