Etymology

selachophobia

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Today it means: Unreasonable fear or dislike of sharks. Full definition →

Ancient Greek σέλαχος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσέλαχος“shark”
  2. English todayselachophobia

From Ancient Greek σέλαχος (sélakhos, “shark”) + -phobia.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekσέλαχος all →

selachian

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