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sixgill en · ADJ

Etymology

From six + gill.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Having six pairs of gill slits, as some sharks do.
   • “Shark After Dark” features scientists swimming with their subjects as they investigate their nocturnal feeding habits; residents of the Seattle area will be interested to know that well inside Puget Sound, quite large sixgill sharks come to the surface for dinner within 150 feet of shore. 2009 August 1, Mike Hale, “Ah, That Jersey Shore: The Fish Are Really Biting”, in New York Times:

Deriveds

Atlantic sixgill shark · bluntnose sixgill shark · bigeyed sixgill shark

sixgill en · NOUN

Etymology

From six + gill.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of sixgill shark (“Any deepwater shark in the genus Hexanchus”)
   alt of sixgill shark

Forms

Translations (2)

co pesciu vacca (a shark species) · mi tuatini (a shark species)