frilled shark

frilled shark
noun or frill shark
: an eel-shaped shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus) found in deep water off the coast of Japan and in parts of the Atlantic that has six pairs of gill slits with broad frilled margins and a terminal mouth

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n. an elongated deep-sea shark of snakelike appearance, with prominent gill covers that give the appearance of a frill around the neck. Chlamydoselachus anguineus, the only member of the family Clamydoselachidae

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