Κοινό Όνομα | Indian swell shark |
Γλώσσα | English |
Τύπος | Vernacular |
στο κατώτερο άκρο | No |
Κατάταξη | 3 - (Other common name) |
Χώρα | South Africa |
Περιοχή | |
Αναφ. | Compagno, L.J.V., 1999 |
Στάδιο ζωής | juveniles and adults |
Φύλο | females and males |
Πυρήνας | primary lexeme |
1ος τροποποιητής | habitat/ecology |
2ος τροποποιητής | locality/area |
Σχόλια | 'shark', of obscure origins but appears to have been introduced to English in the late 1560s by members of Sir John Hawkins' expedition (a ballad of 1569 recorded 'There is no proper name for [the fish] that I know, but that certain men of Captain Hawkins' doth call it a shark'), but it is not known where they got it from. A resemblance to Austrian dialect 'schirk', i.e., sturgeon has been noted (p. 471 in Ref. 11979). |