Meaning of walking shark | Babel Free

Definitions

Any of various species of shark that move by ‘walking’ their fins across the sea bed, especially Hemiscyllium ocellatum (epaulette shark) or Hemiscyllium halmahera.

Examples

“Given the nickname the walking shark, it is about a metre long and stands up on its pectoral and pelvic fins to walk around on the seabed with a sinuous motion, rather like a lizard, hunting molluscs and crustaceans.”

“"This is the third walking shark species to be described from eastern Indonesia in the past six years, which highlights our tremendous shark and ray biodiversity," said Fahmi, a shark expert at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences.”

“One of the recent PR successes of the shark conservationists is the ‘walking shark’, which crawls along the sea bottom on its fins and has an appealing little face.”

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