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Definition of Swell shark

Swell shark
Swell Swell, n. 1. The act of swelling. 2. Gradual increase. Specifically: (a) Increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance. (b) Increase in height; elevation; rise. Little River affords navigation during a swell to within three miles of the Miami. --Jefferson. (c) Increase of force, intensity, or volume of sound. Music arose with its voluptuous swell. --Byron. (d) Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force. The swell and subsidence of his periods. --Landor. 3. A gradual ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an extensive plain abounding with little swells. 4. A wave, or billow; especially, a succession of large waves; the roll of the sea after a storm; as, a heavy swell sets into the harbor. The swell Of the long waves that roll in yonder bay. --Tennyson. The gigantic swells and billows of the snow. --Hawthorne. 5. (Mus.) A gradual increase and decrease of the volume of sound; the crescendo and diminuendo combined; -- generally indicated by the sign. 6. A showy, dashing person; a dandy. [Slang] Ground swell. See under Ground. Organ swell (Mus.), a certain number of pipes inclosed in a box, the uncovering of which by means of a pedal produces increased sound. Swell shark (Zo["o]l.), a small shark (Scyllium ventricosum) of the west coast of North America, which takes in air when caught, and swells up like a swellfish.

Meaning of Swell shark from wikipedia

- The swell shark (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum) is a catshark in the family Scyliorhinidae. It is found in the tropical and subtropical eastern Pacific Ocean...
- the horn shark and the swell shark (Centroscyllim ventriosum), which shares the same habitat, are negatively correlated because horn sharks prefer temperatures...
- bull shark, tiger shark, great white shark, mako sharks, thresher sharks, and hammerhead sharks. Sharks are caught by humans for shark meat or shark fin...
- bottle company Swelling (disambiguation) Swelling (medical) Swell shark, a catshark Swell Foop, a book by Piers Anthony Sewell (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
- Retrieved 14 January 2013. Shiffman, David (21 October 2020). "This Mommy Shark Has a Unique Way of Making Babies". Hakai Magazine. Retrieved 26 October...
- tench, brown bullhead, and swell shark become motionless and unresponsive at night (or by day, in the case of the swell shark); Spanish hogfish and blue-headed...
- as is a common characteristic of the developmental process of sharks. The "swell sharks" of the genus Cephaloscyllium have the curious ability to fill...
- big swell is forecast. Shark barriers are currently used in Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia. Many of the shark barriers...
- Teshima (1992). "Female swell sharks (Cephaloscyllium umbratile) producing fertile eggs after a long separation from male sharks". Journal of ****anese ****ociation...
- There are numerous species of sharks found in the Pacific Ocean; of these sharks, 36 have habitat ranges throughout the coastlines and surrounding waters...