ground shark
noun1
Any member of the order Carcharhiniformes, the largest order of sharks with over 270 species.
2
A Greenland shark, Somniosus microcephalus.
3
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ground, shark.
- The shark was ground in a small Hobard silent cutter for four minutes. The communuted meat was divided into three batches of 2100 g each and designated A, B, and C. Flavoring compounds and colors from several manufacturers were added to the ground shark.1975, Robert Franklin Morris, Product development and nutritional evaluation underutilized species of sharks:
- Synonyms
- whaler shark