Vocabulary

daggernose shark (Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus, species of requiem shark found in Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil)

anaguma castle (defensive opening)

Japanese badger (Meles meles anakuma)

Loxodon (genus containing the sliteye shark as its only member)

sliteye shark (Loxodon macrorhinus, species of requiem shark found in the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific)

Nasolamia (genus of requiem sharks whose only member is the whitenose shark)

whitenose shark (Nasolamia velox, species found in the eastern Pacific)

Negaprion (genus of requiem sharks)

lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris, species of requiem shark)

geographical name

Prionace (genus whose sole member is the blue shark)

Rhizoprionodon (genus of sharpnose sharks)

Brazilian sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon lalandii, species of requiem shark found in the western Atlantic Ocean)

grey sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon oligolinx)

Scoliodon (genus of requiem sharks whose sole member is the spadenose shark)

spadenose shark (Scoliodon laticaudus)

Triaenodon (genus of requiem sharks whose sole member is the whitetip reef shark)

Hemigaleidae (family of weasel sharks)

Paragaleus (genus of weasel sharks)

straight-tooth weasel shark (Paragaleus tengi, species of Western Pacific weasel shark found from Japan to Viet Nam)

Hemipristis (genus of weasel sharks)

snaggletooth shark (Hemipristis elongata)

Hemigaleus (genus of weasel sharks)

sicklefin weasel shark (Hemigaleus microstoma, species of Indo-West Pacific weasel shark)

winghead shark (Eusphyra blochii, species of Indo-West Pacific hammerhead shark)

Sphyrna (genus of hammerhead sharks)

calculus

cushioning; packaging

longish; moderately long; fairly long

difference quotient; divided difference

memo pad

colander; strainer; sieve

dendroclimatology; tree-ring climatology

Hemigaleidae (family of weasel sharks)

trouble

Artemisia (genus of plants containing mugworts, wormwoods, etc.)

not becoming a problem

Facebook

advice of receipt; AR; notice of receipt

return to the palace (usu. of the empress, crown prince, etc.)