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nonshark

nonshark noun: an animal that is not a shark.

Noun

nonshark (plural nonsharks)

  1. An animal that is not a shark.
    • (a) No sharks are cetaceans.
      (b) Some nonsharks are cetaceans1985, Stephen Francis Barker, The Elements of Logic, McGraw-Hill, page 56
    • 1. Some percussion instruments are clarinets.
      3. Some non-Celts are not non-Englishmen.
      5. All freshwater fish are nonsharks1998, Brooke Noel Moore, Richard Parker, Critical thinking, 5th edition, Mayfield Pub. Co., page 222

Adjective

nonshark (not comparable)

  1. Not a shark.
    • The lack of discussion of nonshark elasmobranchs (i.e., batoids) and nonelasmobranch chondrichthyans (chimaeras) in this manuscript should not be interpreted as a lack of interest but rather a lack of published studies.1999, John A. Musick, Life In The Slow Lane: Ecology and Conservation of Long-lived Marine Animals, Bethesda, Maryland: American Fisheries Society, page 161
    • The findings showed that fishers employed a range of methods to (i) increase efficiency in catching target nonshark species and (ii) decrease shark catches.2009 December, Robyn E. Forrest, Carl J. Walters, “Estimating thresholds to optimal harvest rate for long-lived, low-fecundity sharks accounting for selectivity and density dependence in...
  2. Not relating to sharks.
    • Elsewhere, other nonshark labels are also used, such as grayfish, flake, calf fish, and even sea sturgeon—all intended to create the impression that the fish is something other than a shark.2005, John Dawes, Fish: Sharks, Danbury, CT: Grolier, page 47
    • This approach dramatically reduces the number of animals that are accidentally caught: drum lines replaced half of the nets along the Hibiscus Coast in February 2007, and in the space of two years nonshark bycatch fell by 50 percent.2012, Juliet Eilperin, Demon fish: Travels Through the Hidden World of Sharks, New York: Anchor Books, page 186

Forms of nonshark

pluralnonsharks
alternative formnon-shark

Origin of nonshark

From non- + shark.

Questions about nonshark

What does nonshark mean?
Nonshark means an animal that is not a shark.
What part of speech is nonshark?
Nonshark can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of nonshark?
The plural of nonshark is nonsharks.

Words near nonshark in the dictionary

  1. nonshareholders
  2. nonshareholding
  3. nonsharer
  4. nonsharers
  5. nonsharing
  6. nonshark
  7. nonsharks
  8. nonsharp
  9. nonshatter
  10. nonshattering
  11. nonshearable

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