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unsharklike en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + sharklike.

Meanings

1. Not sharklike.
   • Divers interact continually with wobbegongs, which are not aggressive, but bite people more often than any other Australian shark species, perhaps because they seem docile and unsharklike so are harassed or, being shallow-water dwellers. are trodden on. 2009, David Owen, Shark: In Peril in the Sea, Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin, page 169:
   • A distinguishing feature of these fishes is an unsharklike tail. It is almost symmetrical-very much like a tuna's tail. 1972, Herbert Kondo, Grolier's Amazing World of Animals, page 141:
   • While they are voracious feeders, they have an unsharklike reluctance to take the baited hook of the angler. 1975, John Clark, Shark Frenzy, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 45:

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