单词 | zebra shark |
释义 | > as lemmaszebra shark zebra shark n. a small carpet shark of the Indo-Pacific, Stegostoma fasciatum (family Stegostomatidae), the adult of which has a pale body with numerous small dark spots.Named from the juvenile, which has a dark body with pale vertical stripes and was formerly thought to be a different species. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > family Orectolobidae > member of (carpet shark) nurse1499 nurse-fish1682 zebra shark1804 nurse shark1851 wobbegong1852 sleeper1884 carpet shark1929 1804 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. V. 352 Zebra Shark... Squalus tigrinus... Of a dark brown colour,..barred with..milk-white,..somewhat undulating stripes. 1911 Harmsworth Nat. Hist. 1689/1 Among several allied genera is the zebra-shark (Stegostoma tigrinum) of the Indian Ocean. 2016 Hull Daily Mail (Nexis) 4 Apr. 39 There were eight zebra sharks born last year and we had six of them so it was a great achievement. < as lemmas |
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