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sleeper shark

noun

Etymology

Calque of translingual Somniosus (literally “sleepy”). From sleeper + shark, referring to their slow, lethargic habits.

  1. calqued from Somniosus

Definitions

  1. Any shark of the family Somniosidae.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sleeper shark. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA