carpet shark

English

a carpet shark (Orectolobus maculatus)

Alternative forms

• carpetshark

Etymology

From carpet +‎ shark.

Pronunciation

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Noun

carpet shark (plural carpet sharks)

1. A shark of the order Orectolobiformes.
2. (informal, humorous) A ferret kept as a domestic pet.
   • 2021, Kim Schilling, Ferrets For Dummies, page 78:

     Inspect your ferret's bedding routinely. Some carpet sharks find cloth an irresistible delicacy and chew holes in the fabric.

Derived terms

• Indonesian speckled carpetshark
• longtail carpet shark
• speckled carpetshark

 

Translations

shark of the order Orectolobiformes

• Azerbaijani: saqqallı akulakimilər
• Dutch: bakerhaai
• Finnish: partahai
• German: Ammenhai m
• Hungarian: rablócápa-alakúak, dajkacápa-alakúak
• Irish: siorc dathannach m
• Latvian: paklājhaizivjveidīgās
• Lithuanian: ūsuotieji rykliai
• Maori: pekapeka
• Polish: dywanokształtne, rekiny dywanowe
• Slovak: kobercovcotvaré
• Swedish: wobbegongartade hajar
• Thai: อันดับปลาฉลามกบ

ferret — see ferret

References

• carpet shark on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Orectolobiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Orectolobiformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons