Phrase Hound found 122 phrases and 26 compound words that contain sharks. The most common are listed below. Open sharks in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 122
- sharks and minnowsA children's game, played in a swimming pool, in which one player (the "shark") attempts to tag the others (the "minnows") as they try to cross the pool. Those who are tagged join in as sharks for the next round.
- angel sharksplural of angel shark: A member of the unusual genus Squatina of sharks with flattened bodies and broad pectoral fins resembling skates or rays. There are approximately 16 known species, which are the only members of their taxonomic genus …
- bamboo sharksplural of bamboo shark: Any of the family Hemiscylliidae of sharks,
- blind sharksplural of blind shark: Either of two bottom-dwelling sharks constituting the family Brachaeluridae.
- blue sharksplural of blue shark: A long blue shark, resembling a great white shark but smaller, of the species Prionace glauca.
- bull sharksplural of bull shark: A shark, Carcharhinus leucas, that is common in both temperate and tropical coastal waters.
- card sharksplural of card shark: Eggcorn of cardsharp.
- carpet sharksplural of carpet shark: Any shark of the order Orectolobiformes.
- cow sharksplural of cow shark: Any shark of the family Hexanchidae.
- ground sharksplural of ground shark: Any member of the order Carcharhiniformes, the largest order of sharks with over 270 species.
- lemon sharksplural of lemon shark: A shark of species Negaprion brevirostris, growing up to 10 feet long and found along the Atlantic coast of North and South America.
- loan sharksplural of loan shark: Someone who lends money at exorbitant rates of interest, especially illegally.
- nurse sharksplural of nurse shark: Any of various bottom-dwelling sharks of the family Ginglymostomatidae that have two fleshy barbels hanging from the lower jaw.
- reef sharksplural of reef shark: Any of various sharks that inhabit coral reefs, especially of the family Carcharhinidae.
- river sharksplural of river shark: Any shark of the genus Glyphis (family Carcharhinidae).
- rough sharksplural of rough shark: Any shark of the genus Oxynotus.
- sand sharksplural of sand shark: Any of the family Odontaspididae of mackerel sharks.
- tiger sharksplural of tiger shark: A large shark, of species Galeocerdo cuvier, of wide warm-water distribution, that hunts alone and has dark stripes across its back.
- whale sharksplural of whale shark: A very large spotted shark, Rhincodon typus, of warm marine waters, similar to a whale, that feeds by filtering plankton from the water.
- white sharksplural of white shark: Ellipsis of great white shark
- zebra sharksplural of zebra shark: A species of carpet shark, Stegostoma fasciatum, family Stegostomatidae, covered in black spots as adults.
- lantern sharksplural of lantern shark: Any dogfish shark of the genus Etmopterus, or more widely, the family Etmopteridae.
- hound sharksplural of hound shark: Any of several small sharks, of the family Triakidae, found throughout the world.
- leopard sharksplural of leopard shark: A hound shark, Triakis semifasciata, having distinctive markings; it is found in the coastal waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean.
- sleeper sharksplural of sleeper shark: Any shark of the family Somniosidae.
Compound words 26
- angelsharksplural of angelshark: A member of the unusual genus Squatina of sharks with flattened bodies and broad pectoral fins resembling skates or rays. There are approximately 16 known species, which are the only members of their taxonomic genus …
- bamboosharksplural of bambooshark: Any of the family Hemiscylliidae of sharks,
- cardsharksplural of cardshark: Eggcorn of cardsharp.
- carpetsharksplural of carpetshark: Any shark of the order Orectolobiformes.
- catsharksplural of catshark: Any of the sharks in the family Scyliorhinidae
- cowsharksplural of cowshark: Any shark of the family Hexanchidae.
- foxsharksplural of foxshark: A thresher shark (Alopias spp.).
- ghostsharksplural of ghostshark: A cartilaginous marine fish in the subclass Holocephali and especially the order Chimaeriformes, with a blunt snout, long tail, and a spine before the first dorsal fin
- gollumsharksplural of gollumshark: Any of the genus Gollum of ground sharks, native to the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
- groundsharksplural of groundshark: Any member of the order Carcharhiniformes, the largest order of sharks with over 270 species.