goblin shark
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goblin shark
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Calque of Japanese 天狗鮫 (tenguzame), from 天狗 (tengu, “a mythical creature with a long nose”) + 鮫 (same, “shark”).
noun goblin sharks
- A species of mackerel shark, Mitsukurina owstoni, that has a long snout-like protrusion from its forehead and grows to 3.8 meters in length. The long flexible caudal fin, without a ventral lobe, the soft, flabby body, and small, soft paired and unpaired fins, suggest that the goblin shark is a relatively inactive, slow swimming species with a density close to seawater.
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noun Mitsukurina owstoni
| Español | tiburón duende, tiburón trasgo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 마귀상어 magwisang'eo |
| 日本語 | 箕作鮫 Mitsukuri-zame, 天狗鮫 tengu-zame |
| 中文 | 歐氏尖吻鮫 /欧氏尖吻鲛 ōu shì jiān wěn jiāo, 歐氏劍吻鯊 /欧氏剑吻鲨 ōu shì jiàn wěn shā, 哥布林鯊 /哥布林鲨 gē bù lín shā |
| Português | tubarão-duende, tubarão-demónio |
| Français | requin lutin |
| Deutsch | Koboldhai, Nasenhai |
| Ελληνικά | καρχαρίας Γκόμπλιν karcharías Gkómplin, καρχαρίας καλικάντζαρος karcharías kalikántzaros |
| Русский | акула-домовой akula-domovoj, скапаноринх skapanorinx, митцекурина mitcekurina, акула-гоблин akula-goblin |
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title = {goblin shark},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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