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Meaning of squalus | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
[ˈskʷa.ɫʊs]

Definitions

a kind of large sea fish, thought to be a shark

declension-2, masculine

Examples

“planorum piscium alterum est genus, quod pro spina cartilaginem habet, ut raiae, pastinacae, squatinae, torpedo et quos bovis, lamiae, aquilae, ranae nominibus graeci appellant. quo in numero sunt squali quoque, quamvis non plani. haec graece in universum σελάχη appellavit aristoteles primus hoc nomine iis inposito. nos distinguere non possumus, nisi si cartilaginea appellare libeat. omnia autem carnivora sunt talia et supina vescuntur, ut in delphinis diximus, et cum ceteri pisces ova pariant, hoc genus solum, ut ea quae cete appellant, animal parit, excepta quam ranam vocant.”

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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