cookiecutter shark

English

Noun

cookiecutter shark (plural cookiecutter sharks)

1. A small shark, Isistius brasiliensis, that tears circular chunks of flesh from its prey.
   • 2021 March 30, J. B. MacKinnon, “An Entire Group of Whales Has Somehow Escaped Human Attention”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     The polka dots are scars left by the cookiecutter shark, a thalassophobia-inducing creature with jaws designed to remove round plugs of flesh.

Synonyms

• cookiecutter

Translations

Isistius brasiliensis

• French: squalelet féroce (fr) m
• Japanese: 達磨鮫 (ダルマザメ, darumazame)
• Russian: брази́льская светя́щаяся аку́ла f (brazílʹskaja svetjáščajasja akúla)