soupfin shark

Definitions of soupfin shark
  1. noun
    Pacific shark valued for its fins (used by Chinese in soup) and liver (rich in vitamin A)
    synonyms: Galeorhinus zyopterus, soup-fin, soupfin
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    type of:
    requiem shark
    any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species
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