Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having six pairs of gill-slits, as a shark; hexanchous. See
Notidanidæ .
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Examples
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Attached to the sub is live bait designed to lure the seldom seen six-gilled shark.
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Justin Marshall, the lead researcher, said his team had also found several unidentified fish species, including "prehistoric six-gilled sharks" using special lowlight sensitive cameras which were custom designed to trawl the ocean floor, 4,593ft (1,400m) below sea level.
Signs of the Times 2010
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Remote-controlled cameras sent down to depths of more than 4,500 feet in the Coral Sea have brought back unprecedented views of six-gilled sharks, giant marine ecosystems depends on the size and flavor of microbes at the base of the food chain.
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Using deep-sea cameras and instrument platforms new to Australia, prehistoric six-gilled sharks, giant oil fish, swarms of crustaceans and many unidentified fish were caught on camera
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Prehistoric creatures provide clue to deep sea life at Osprey Reef PREHISTORIC six-gilled sharks, giant oilfish, swarms of crustaceans and unidentified fish have been caught on camera
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New deep-sea creatures snapped PREHISTORIC six-gilled sharks, giant oilfish, swarms of crustaceans and unidentified fish have been caught on camera 1400m deep at Osprey Reef, 350km northeast of Cairns.
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