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   shark

   /ʃɑːk/

   noun

   • 1. a long-bodied chiefly marine fish with a cartilaginous skeleton, a prominent dorsal fin, and toothlike scales. Most sharks are predatory, although the largest kinds feed on plankton, and some can grow to a large size.
   • 2. a small SE Asian freshwater fish with a tail resembling that of a shark, popular in aquaria.
   • 3. a light greyish-brown European moth, the male of which has pale silvery hindwings.

   verb

   • 1. (typically of a man at a social gathering) be in active pursuit of a sexual partner: informal British "as soon as he arrived he was sharking among the women"

   Word Origin late Middle English: of unknown origin.

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