Meanings
alternative shark-flesh · alternative shark flesh
- uncountableThe flesh of a shark, especially when used as food.
Dimly aware of the scurrying movement, a claw holding aloft shreds of sharkflesh, Gaze read an intention to seek a sanctuary to consume and digest...
2012, Geoff Dormer, Don't Dolphins Cry at All?, Dublin: Original Writing Limited, page 2932 more examples
Many sharks possess firm flesh of very high quality and in certain parts of the world such as Chile and the Far East generally, sharkflesh is a regular article of diet.
1966, David H. Davies, About Sharks and Shark Attack, New York: Hobbs, Dorman & Company, Inc., page 51Shark has traditionally, although in some secrecy, been a staple food in European, American and Australian food. Disguised under such names as dogfish, sharkflesh for centuries been sold in fish markets.
1987, John D.Stevens, editor, Sharks, New York, N.Y: Facts on File, page 195
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