crow shark

noun

Any of the genus †Squalicorax of extinct mackerel sharks, known to have lived during the Cretaceous period.

Origintaxonomic name Squalicorax ← Latin squalus ← Ancient Greek κόραξ →
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Meanings

nouncrow shark (plural crow sharks)

plural crow sharks

  1. Any of the genus †Squalicorax of extinct mackerel sharks, known to have lived during the Cretaceous period.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekκόραξ“raven; crow”
  2. Latinsqualus“shark”
  3. taxonomic nameSqualicorax
  4. Englishcrow shark

Calque of taxonomic name Squalicorax, which is derived from Latin squalus (“shark”) + Ancient Greek κόραξ (kórax, “raven; crow”).

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