Shark

Tamil Meaning

சுறாமீன்

மகரம்

English Meaning

  1. Any of numerous chiefly marine carnivorous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes (subclass Elasmobranchii), which are sometimes large and voracious and have a streamlined torpedolike body, five to seven gill openings on each side of the head, a large oil-filled liver, a cartilaginous skeleton, and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales.
  2. A person regarded as ruthless, greedy, or dishonest.
  3. A vicious usurer.
  4. Slang A person unusually skilled in a particular activity: a card shark.
  5. Archaic To obtain by deceitful means.
  6. To practice or live by fraud and trickery.