squaloid
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin squālus (“a large sea fish; a shark”) + -oid.
Adjective edit
squaloid (comparative more squaloid, superlative most squaloid)
- Characteristic of a shark or dogfish
- 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 169:
- The old man cracked a squaloid smile full of toothblack and breakfast scraps.
Noun edit
squaloid (plural squaloids)
- Any dogfish (family Squalidae).
- 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 136:
- Several species of squaloids have light-emitting organs, but none can glow as brightly as the monotypical Isistius brasiliensis.