pantouflier
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From pantoufle + -ier. The sense of "hammerhead shark" comes from the secondary meaning of "horseshoe".
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
pantouflier m (plural pantoufliers, feminine pantouflière)
- (obsolete) slipper-maker
Noun[edit]
pantouflier m (plural pantoufliers)
- Euphorbia tithymaloides, a species of perennial succulent spurge.
- (Antilles) hammerhead shark
- Synonym: requin-marteau
References[edit]
- “pantouflier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.