shark in Malay
ikan yu
UK/ʃɑːk//ʃɑɹk/
shark in Malay: ikan yu, jerung, yu. In English, shark means any predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.
Malay words for shark
- fish
- ikan yu, jerung, yu
English meaning of shark
- noun Any predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.
- noun Meat of this animal, consumed as food.
- noun Any fish of the class Chondrichthyes, especially an extinct shark-like holocephalian.
- noun Any fish in the genus Epalzeorhynchos.
shark in a sentence
- Shakespeare and others, Sir Thomas More (c. 1593) act 2, sc. 4: "Other ruffians...Would shark on you."
Synonyms of shark
shark in other languages
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- shark in Kannada
- shark in Punjabi
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- shark in Odia
- shark in Sinhala
- shark in Assamese
- shark in Nepali
- shark in Pashto
- shark in Tagalog
- shark in Arabic
- shark in Indonesian
- shark in Persian
- shark in Thai
- shark in Vietnamese
- shark in Myanmar
Questions about shark in Malay
- What is the meaning of shark in Malay?
- Shark in Malay is ikan yu, jerung, yu.
- Apakah maksud shark dalam bahasa Melayu?
- Shark: ikan yu, jerung, yu.
- What does shark mean in English?
- Shark means any predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.
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