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cookiecutter sharks

cookiecutter sharks is the plural of cookiecutter shark.

Meaning of cookiecutter shark

Noun

cookiecutter shark (plural cookiecutter sharks)

  1. A small shark, Isistius brasiliensis, that tears circular chunks of flesh from its prey.
    • The polka dots are scars left by the cookiecutter shark, a thalassophobia-inducing creature with jaws designed to remove round plugs of flesh.2021 March 30, J. B. MacKinnon, “An Entire Group of Whales Has Somehow Escaped Human Attention”, in The Atlantic
    Synonyms:
    cookiecutter

Questions about cookiecutter sharks

What is cookiecutter sharks the plural of?
Cookiecutter sharks is the plural of cookiecutter shark.

Words near cookiecutter sharks in the dictionary

  1. cookie-pops
  2. cookie-shine
  3. cookie-shines
  4. cookiecutter
  5. cookiecutter shark
  6. cookiecutter sharks
  7. cookiecutters
  8. cookied
  9. cookieholic
  10. cookieholics
  11. cookieing

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