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goblin shark en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Calque of Japanese 天狗鮫 (tenguzame), from 天狗 (tengu, “a mythical creature with a long nose”) + 鮫 (same, “shark”).

Meanings

1. 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. 2001, Leonard J. V. Compagno, Sharks of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Shark Species, page 70:
   • From the few goblin sharks that have been caught and studied, scientists believe them to be ambush predators that sit and wait for prey such as small midwater fishes, crustaceans, and squids. 2011, Ellen Prager, Sex, Drugs, and Sea Slime: The Oceans' Oddest Creatures and Why They Matter, page 102:
   • Humans rarely see the goblin shark and we do not have a lot of information about them. Goblin sharks have a long, flat, pointy snout and their jaws protrude when they are eating. This makes the goblin shark look very unusual. 2007, Kimm Bellotto, Katie Kubesh, Niki McNeil, Sharks, page 8:

Forms

Translations (42)

ja 箕作鮫 (Mitsukurina owstoni) · el καρχαρίας Γκόμπλιν (Mitsukurina owstoni) · ml ഗോബ്ലിൻ ഷാർക്ക് (Mitsukurina owstoni) · sk žralok končistočelý (Mitsukurina owstoni) · de Koboldhai (Mitsukurina owstoni) · cmn 哥布林鯊 /哥布林鲨 (Mitsukurina owstoni) · cmn 歐氏尖吻鮫 /欧氏尖吻鲛 (Mitsukurina owstoni) · pl rekin Owstona (Mitsukurina owstoni) · bg акулите гоблини (Mitsukurina owstoni) · es tiburón duende (Mitsukurina owstoni) · cmn 歐氏劍吻鯊 /欧氏剑吻鲨 (Mitsukurina owstoni) · bn গবলিন হাঙর (Mitsukurina owstoni) · cs žralok šotek (Mitsukurina owstoni) · ru акула-домовой (Mitsukurina owstoni) · de Nasenhai (Mitsukurina owstoni) · ru акула-гоблин (Mitsukurina owstoni) · mk ајкула-ѓавол (Mitsukurina owstoni) · sv trollhaj (Mitsukurina owstoni) · kk құбыжық акула (Mitsukurina owstoni) · ja 天狗鮫 (Mitsukurina owstoni) · ru митцекурина (Mitsukurina owstoni) · no nesehai (Mitsukurina owstoni) · gl quenlla fociñuda (Mitsukurina owstoni) · nv łóóʼ hashkéhé bíchį́į́hnézí (Mitsukurina owstoni) · ru скапаноринх (Mitsukurina owstoni) · fr requin lutin (Mitsukurina owstoni) · pt tubarão-duende (Mitsukurina owstoni) · be акула-насарог (Mitsukurina owstoni) · el καρχαρίας καλικάντζαρος (Mitsukurina owstoni) · th ปลาฉลามก็อบลิน (Mitsukurina owstoni) · et tonthai (Mitsukurina owstoni) · pl mitsukurina (Mitsukurina owstoni) · fi peikkohai (Mitsukurina owstoni) · hu koboldcápa (Mitsukurina owstoni) · ko 마귀상어 (Mitsukurina owstoni) · ca tauró follet (Mitsukurina owstoni) · be акула-дамавік (Mitsukurina owstoni) · be скапанорынх (Mitsukurina owstoni) · pt tubarão-demónio (Mitsukurina owstoni) · nl koboldhaai (Mitsukurina owstoni) · es tiburón trasgo (Mitsukurina owstoni) · pl rekin chochlik (Mitsukurina owstoni)