squaloid

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin squālus (“a large sea fish; a shark”) +‎ -oid.

Adjective[edit]

squaloid (comparative more squaloid, superlative most squaloid)

  1. Characteristic of a shark or dogfish
    • 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 169:
      The old man cracked a squaloid smile full of toothblack and breakfast scraps.

Noun[edit]

squaloid (plural squaloids)

  1. Any dogfish (family Squalidae).
    • 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 136:
      Several species of squaloids have light-emitting organs, but none can glow as brightly as the monotypical Isistius brasiliensis.
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