# etymologymonday

It's Today is Megalodon (Carcharocles megalodon)!

karcharos= sharp (greek)
oculus= eye (latin)
megas = mighty (greek)
odous= tooth (greek)

All together-> SHARP EYE MIGHTY TOOTH!

Seems fitting for this long extinct predatory shark!

©Kerem Beyit

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2020-08-10

It's Today is the Porbeagle Shark (Lamna nasus)!

lamna= shark (greek)
nasus = nose (latin)

All together-> NOSE SHARK!

Very cute! Love this shark. BOOP!

©DPerrine

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2019-09-30

It's Today is the Tropical Sawshark (Pristiophorus delicatus)!

pristis = saw (greek)
phoros= bearing (greek)
delicatus = delicate (latin)

All together-> DELICATE BEARING SAW!

How sweet!

©CSIRO

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2019-09-16

It's Today's the Common Thresher Shark (Alopias vulpinus)!

alopex= fox (greek)
vulpinus= fox (latin) (hence Vulpix the Pokemon!)

All together-> FOX FOX!

Guess because of the big tail? Also called a Fox Shark!

©endangeredspecieslawandpolicy
©BriannaBellerose

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2019-06-10

It's Today is the subclass of sharks & rays, Elasmobranchii!

elasma = beaten metal or elastic (greek)
brankhia = gills (greek)

All together-> BEATEN METAL ELASTIC GILLS!

Probably a reference to the flexible skeletons!

©Patrik Neckman
©Chris Fallows

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2019-04-08

It's Today is the Copper Shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus)!

karcharos = sharp (greek)
rhinos = nose (greek)
brakhus = short (greek)
oura = tail (greek)

All together-> SHARP NOSE SHORT TAIL!

It's like the shark version of Spongebob Squarepants :)

© Doug Perrine

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2019-03-11

It's Today is the name of the class that comprises all sharks, Chondrichthyes!

chondr = cartilage (greek)
ichthys = fish (greek)

All together-> CARTILAGE FISH!

Absolutely spot on!

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2019-02-05

It's Today is the Salmon Shark (Lamna ditropis)!

lamna= shark (greek)
di = two (greek)
tropis = keel (greek)

All together-> TWO KEEL SHARK!

Spot on!
(The two keels/ridges at the base of the tail help to identify it as a salmon shark instead of a great white)

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2019-01-28