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Cow shark is a noun.
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WHAT DOES COW SHARK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Cow shark

Cow sharks are a family, the Hexanchidae, of sharks characterized by an additional pair or pairs of gill slits. Four species are in the three genera Heptranchias, Hexanchus, and Notorynchus,. Cow sharks are considered the most primitive of all the sharks, as their skeletons resemble those of ancient extinct forms, with few modern adaptations. Their excretory and digestive systems are also unspecialised, suggesting they may resemble those of primitive shark ancestors. Their most distinctive feature, however, is the presence of a sixth, and, in two genera, a seventh, gill slit, in contrast to the five found in all other sharks. They range from 1.4 to 5.5 m in adult body length. Cow sharks are ovoviviparous, with the mother retaining the egg cases in her body until they hatch. They feed on relatively large fish of all kinds, including other sharks, as well as on crustaceans and carrion.

Definition of cow shark in the English dictionary

The definition of cow shark in the dictionary is any large primitive shark, esp Hexanchus griseum, of the family Hexanchidae of warm and temperate waters Also called: six-gilled shark.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE COW SHARK

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Synonyms and antonyms of cow shark in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «cow shark» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of cow shark to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cow shark from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cow shark» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

牛鲨
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tiburón vaca
570 millions of speakers

English

cow shark
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गाय शार्क
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

بقرة القرش
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

корова акула
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tubarão vaca
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গরু শার্ক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vache requin
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jerung lembu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kuh Hai
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

牛のサメ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

소 상어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Shark sapi
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

cá mập bò
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மாடு சுறா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गाय शार्क
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Inek köpekbalığı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

squalo vacca
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

krowa rekin
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

корова акула
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rechin de vacă
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

καρχαρία αγελάδα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

koei haai
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

ko haj
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

ku hai
5 millions of speakers

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The term «cow shark» is used very little and occupies the 160.577 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COW SHARK»

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A Preliminary Evaluation of the Status of Shark Species
4.2.2. Cow. sharks,. Family. Hexanchidae. The cow shark family includes the sixgill and sevengill sharks, a small group of primarily deep-water species of wide distribution. There are four species ...
José Ignacio Castro, Christa M. Woodley, Rebecca L. Brudek, 1999
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Hexanchidae: Sharpnose Sevengill Shark, Bluntnose Sixgill ...
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LLC Books, 2010
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Caribbean Fish Life: Index to the Local and Scientific Names ...
E: cow sharks, six- and sevengilled sharks (USA, USA-F) Heptranchias perlo ( Bonnaterre) E: sevengilled shark (USA-F); sevengjll cow shark (Cu) In the eastern Pacific and on both sides of the Atlantic, including the Gulf of Mexico. Hexanchus ...
Jacques Simon Zaneveld, 1983
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The Era of Interactive Media
Table 2 Most confused categories based on group sharing model Categories Top three of confused categories Whale shark (39.08) Dolphin (8.34) Sea turtle (5.97) Cow shark (2.75) Dolphin (8.89) Whale shark (27.03) Sea turtle (5.66) Cow ...
Jesse S. Jin, Prof. Jesse S. Jin University of Newcastle, Changsheng Xu, 2012
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California's Living Marine Resources: A Status Report
In the eastern North Pacific, sevengill sharks range from southeast Alaska to the Gulf of California, with their distribution becoming sporadic south of San Francisco Sixgill Cow Shark, Hexanchus griseus Credit: DFG Bay. The sevengill shark ...
‎2001
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Fossil Collectors Handbook
... Shark Isurus oxyrinchus Mako Shark Isurus retroflexus False Mako Parotodus benedeni Snaggletooth Hemipristis serra 6 Gill Cow shark Hexanchus gigas 7Gill Cow shark Notorhynchus primigenius Extinct Tiger shark Galeocerdo Contortus ...
LeAn Rathbone
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Megalodon: Hunting the Hunter
Seven-gilled Cow Shark fNotorhynchus primigeniusy lower tooth. Caloosahatchee River, Lee County Florida find. Size: 3/4 inches. Age: Pliocene. Find and photo by author. Nurse Shark Nurse Shark Ginglymostoma tooth Peace River. Florida ...
Mark Renz, 2002
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Shark Handbook
... 162–63 Comorocatshark, 144 conservation, 93–95 conventional tagging, 58– 60,62, 77 cookiecutter shark, 70,71,190–91 CooperativeShark Tagging Program, 58–59, 87, 89 copepods,82,83, 165,199 coral catshark,142 cow shark, 21, 42, ...
Gregory Skomal, 2014
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Shark Stickers
Nina Barbaresi, Stickers, Sea Life. 14 16 18 1. Basking shark 2. Cow shark 3. Greenland shark 4.
Nina Barbaresi, Stickers, Sea Life, 1993
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Fossils of the Carpathian Region
The recent bluntnose sixgill shark, or cow shark (Hexanchus griseus), occurs in the Mediterranean Sea; although it may reach a few meters in size, it is not dangerous to humans. The genera Ginglymostoma and Nebrius are relatives of ...
István Főzy, István Szente, Gareth Dyke, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COW SHARK»

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Sevengill and Sixgill Sharks
Perhaps the cow shark's adaptability has been its secret of success. Indeed as we have seen with the broad-snouted sevengill shark there is ... «Southern Fishing & Boating, May 15»
2
Two sharks in one day
One, a bluntnose sixgill shark commonly known as the cow shark, was washed up in Albir where it was found early in the morning by two beach ... «Euro Weekly News, Feb 15»
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'Horrific' frilled shark pulled from the depths of the ocean
Dr Mark Meekan swimming with a cow shark, the closest species to the frilled shark. Guillot was fishing for dory and sea perch in waters about ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jan 15»
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Computers face ocean hacker with real teeth
No, it's a shark attack, apparently a cow shark in this case. The lack of a frontal dorsal fin gives it away in a murky video shot on the sea bottom ... «Charleston Post Courier, Jan 15»
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Cow Shark Attacks, Steals Fisherman's Catch
A group of fishermen from Canada's west coast were startled by a large cow shark recently as the rarely seen predator attacked their catch, ... «The Inquisitr, Nov 14»
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Google protects undersea cables against potential shark attacks
... vehicle (ROV) happened to be surveying a section of this undersea cable when it witnessed this large shark - very likely a cow shark from the ... «The Weather Network, Aug 14»
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Shark Week 2014: 'Daily Planet' Hosts Ziya Tong, Dan Riskin Talk …
Each episode spotlights the planet's biggest, most enigmatic species of sharks – including the basking shark, cow shark, great hammerhead ... «Huffington Post Canada, Aug 14»
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False Bay hotspot for biodiversity and entertainment
But there is no sense of alarm or danger: this specimen, a seven-gilled cow shark, has every appearance of a toothless old man out for a ... «The Star Online, Jan 14»
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Arts and Culture Lingering in the bay of plenty
But there is no sense of alarm or danger: this specimen, a seven-gilled cow shark, has every appearance of a toothless old man out for a ... «Mail & Guardian Online, Nov 13»
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New on DVD for Sept. 10: Star Trek Into Darkness, Sharknado and …
And you wonder why they are making a sequel … This thing is what you call a cash Cow Shark. Making-of featurette, cast and crew interviews. «Canada.com, Sep 13»

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