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six-gilled shark

noun
variants: or less commonly sixgill shark \ˈ⸗ˌ⸗- \

Definition of six-gilled shark 

: a cowshark (genus Hexanchus) having six gill slits especially : a common dusky Pacific shark (H. griseus) — compare hexanchidae

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