angel shark

See also: angelshark

English

an angel shark

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• angelshark

Noun

angel shark (plural angel sharks)

1. A member of the unusual genus Squatina of sharks with flattened bodies and broad pectoral fins resembling skates or rays. There are approximately 16 known species, which are the only members of their taxonomic genus, family and order. They occur worldwide in temperate and tropical seas.

Derived terms

• Indonesian angelshark (Squatina legnota)

Translations

a member of the unusual genus Squatina of sharks

• Catalan: àngel (ca) m, angelot (ca) m, escat (ca) m
• Dutch: zee-engel (nl)
• Finnish: merienkeli (fi)
• French: squatine (fr) f
• German: Engelhai m
• Hungarian: angyalcápa (hu)
• Italian: squalo angelo
• Korean: 전자리상어 (jeonjarisang'eo)
• Latin: squatina f
• Ottoman Turkish: میمون بالغی (maymun balığı)
• Polish: anioł morski (pl) m, raszpla (pl) f
• Portuguese: cação-anjo m
• Russian: плоскоте́лая аку́ла f (ploskotélaja akúla), сквати́на f (skvatína), морско́й анге́л m (morskój angél)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: склат m

  Latin: sklat (sh) m

• Spanish: angelote (es) m
• Swedish: havsängel (sv) c
• Turkish: maymun balığı (tr)