requiem shark in British English
noun
any shark of the family Carcharhinidae, occurring mostly in tropical seas and characterized by a nictitating membrane and a heterocercal tail. The family includes the tiger shark and the soupfin
Word origin
C17: French requiem probably assimilated from a native namerequiem shark in American English
any of a large family (Carcharhinidae, order Carcharhiniformes) of voracious, chiefly tropical, sharks
Word origin
Fr requiem, altered by folk etym. (? in allusion to the danger of its attack) < requien, requin, shark, swindler < ?Image ofrequiem shark
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