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sleeper shark

sleeper shark noun: any shark of the family Somniosidae.

Noun

sleeper shark (plural sleeper sharks)

  1. Any shark of the family Somniosidae.

sleeper shark meaning in Tamil

sleeper shark in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Forms of sleeper shark

pluralsleeper sharks
alternative formsleepershark

Origin of sleeper shark

Calque of translingual Somniosus (literally “sleepy”). From sleeper + shark, referring to their slow, lethargic habits.

Questions about sleeper shark

What does sleeper shark mean?
Sleeper shark means any shark of the family Somniosidae.
What is sleeper shark in Tamil?
Sleeper shark in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Sleeper shark meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sleeper shark?
Sleeper shark is a noun.
What is the plural of sleeper shark?
The plural of sleeper shark is sleeper sharks.

Words near sleeper shark in the dictionary

  1. sleeper hit
  2. sleeper hits
  3. sleeper hold
  4. sleeper holds
  5. sleeper pick
  6. sleeper shark
  7. sleeper sharks
  8. sleeper ship
  9. sleeper ships
  10. sleepered
  11. sleeperette

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sleeper shark (page history and authors); sleeper shark (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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