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cow shark

Any of several sharks of the family Hexanchidae of warm and temperate seas.

cow shark

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any large primitive shark, esp Hexanchus griseum, of the family Hexanchidae of warm and temperate waters Also called six-gilled shark

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cow shark - large primitive shark widely distributed in warm seas

Hexanchus griseus, six-gilled shark

shark - any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales

genus Hexanchus, Hexanchus - a genus of Hexanchidae

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