单词 | cookie-cutter shark |
释义 | > as lemmascookie-cutter shark 2. More fully cookie-cutter shark. A small shark of tropical seas, Isistius brasiliensis (family Dalatiidae), which has suctorial lips and cuts out small circular bites from large fish and cetaceans.In quot. 1976 identified as belonging to the genus Etmopterus, of the related family Etmopteridae. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > member of family Dalatiidae Greenland shark1828 sleeper1882 cookie cutter1976 1976 R. Ellis Bk. Sharks 38/1 There are stories of whales being caught with little round bites taken out of them, and..they are thought to have been made by Etmopterus, which the whalers call the ‘cookie-cutter’ shark. 1993 Equinox Aug. 60/2 Smooth-skinned whales..are often victimized by cookiecutter sharks. 2005 Smithsonian Aug. 47/1 The 20-inch-long cookie-cutter latches onto a big tuna with its sawlike teeth and spins to cut out plugs of meat. < as lemmas |
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