shark repellent
porcupine provision | a measure undertaken by a corporation to discourage unwanted takeover attempts |
| shark | any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales |
cow shark
six-gilled shark
Hexanchus griseus | large primitive shark widely distributed in warm seas |
| mackerel shark | fierce pelagic and oceanic sharks |
mako
mako shark | powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific |
bonito shark
blue pointed
Isurus glaucus | common blue-grey shark of southwest Pacific, sport and food fish |
great white shark
white shark
man-eater
man-eating shark
Carcharodon carcharias | large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas, known to attack humans |
basking shark
Cetorhinus maximus | large harmless plankton-eating northern shark, often swims slowly or floats at the sea surface |
thresher
thrasher thresher shark
fox shark
Alopius vulpinus | large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed |
carpet shark
Orectolobus barbatus | shark of the western Pacific with flattened body and mottled skin |
nurse shark
Ginglymostoma cirratum | small bottom-dwelling shark of warm shallow waters on both coasts of North America and South America and from southeast Asia to Australia |
sand tiger
sand shark
Carcharias taurus
Odontaspis taurus | shallow-water shark with sharp jagged teeth found on both sides of Atlantic, sometimes dangerous to swimmers |
whale shark
Rhincodon typus | large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide, resembles a whale and feeds chiefly on plankton |
| cat shark | small bottom-dwelling sharks with cat-like eyes, found along continental slopes |
| requiem shark | any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species |
bull shark
cub shark
Carcharhinus leucas | a most common shark in temperate and tropical coastal waters worldwide, heavy-bodied and dangerous |
| sandbar shark Carcharhinus plumbeus | most common grey shark along coasts of middle Atlantic states, sluggish and occasionally caught by fishermen |
blacktip shark
sandbar shark Carcharhinus limbatus | widely distributed shallow-water shark with fins seemingly dipped in ink |
whitetip shark oceanic whitetip shark
white-tipped shark
Carcharinus longimanus | large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin, worldwide distribution, most dangerous shark |
dusky shark
Carcharhinus obscurus | relatively slender blue-grey shark, nearly worldwide in tropical and temperate waters |
lemon shark
Negaprion brevirostris | common shallow-water schooling shark of the Atlantic from North Carolina to Brazil and off west Africa, dangerous |
blue shark
great blue shark
Prionace glauca | slender cosmopolitan, pelagic shark, blue body shades to white belly, dangerous especially during maritime disasters |
tiger shark
Galeocerdo cuvieri | large dangerous warm-water shark with striped or spotted body |
soupfin shark
soupfin
soup-fin
Galeorhinus zyopterus | Pacific shark valued for its fins (used by Chinese in soup) and liver (rich in vitamin A) |
smoothhound
smoothhound shark
Mustelus mustelus | smooth dogfish of European coastal waters |
whitetip shark reef whitetip shark
Triaenodon obseus | smooth dogfish of Pacific and Indian Oceans and Red Sea having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins |
hammerhead
hammerhead shark | medium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a flattened hammer-shaped head, worldwide in warm waters, can be dangerous |
shovelhead
bonnethead
bonnet shark
Sphyrna tiburo | small harmless hammerhead having a spade-shaped head, abundant in bays and estuaries |
angel shark
angelfish Squatina squatina
monkfish | sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do |
| silver fox | red fox in the color phase when its pelt is tipped with white |
grizzly
grizzly bear
silvertip
silver-tip
Ursus horribilis
Ursus arctos horribilis | powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America |
silver hake
Merluccius bilinearis
whiting | found off Atlantic coast of North America |
coho
cohoe
coho salmon
blue jack
silver salmon
Oncorhynchus kisutch | small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes |
white perch
silver perch Morone americana | small silvery food and game fish of eastern United States streams |
silver perch mademoiselle
Bairdiella chrysoura | small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch, found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico |
silver whiting
Menticirrhus littoralis | a dull silvery whiting of southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States |
silver jenny
Eucinostomus gula | silvery mojarra found along sandy shores of the western Atlantic |
flatware
silver | silverware eating utensils |
mild silver protein
Argyrol | antiseptic consisting of a compound of protein and silver (trade name Argyrol) |
screen silver screen
projection screen | a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing |
silver medal
silver | a trophy made of silver (or having the appearance of silver) that is usually awarded for winning second place in a competition |
| silver mine | a mine where silver ore is dug |
| silver plate | a thin layer of silver deposited on something |
| silver plate | tableware that is plated with silver |
| silver protein | a colloid preparation of protein (albumin or gelatin) and silver oxide, used in aqueous solution as an antibacterial agent |
ash grey
ash gray
silver
silver grey
silver gray | a light shade of grey |
| silver bullet | a simple guaranteed solution for a difficult problem, no silver bullet can make the world safe from terrorism |
| silver screen | the film industry |
Silver Star Medal
Silver Star | a United States military decoration for gallantry in action |
silver lining
bright side | a consoling aspect of a difficult situation, every cloud has a silver lining, look on the bright side of it |