: any of numerous mostly marine cartilaginous fishes of medium to large size that have a fusiform body, lateral branchial clefts, and a tough usually dull gray skin roughened by minute tubercles and are typically active predators sometimes dangerous to humans
- 1 mako
- 2 tiger
- 3 thresher
- 4 hammerhead
- 5 great white
1
: a rapacious crafty person who takes advantage of others often through usury, extortion, or devious means
2
: one who excels greatly especially in a particular field
transitive verb
1
archaic
: to gather hastily
2
archaic
: to obtain by some irregular means
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
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