Sharks

arlitju���noun. Whaler sharks with black tipped tails. Carcharinus spp.. See:�arlitja�‘Blue-spotted Maskray’; mangirk�‘Small reef-dwelling Black-tip Whaler Sharks’; inyumpuli ngurtpartpart�‘large whaler sharks’. Category:�Sharks. Anth: Young ones are eaten.

inyumpuli ngurtpartpart���noun. larger Whaler Sharks. Carcharhinus spp.. See:�arlitju�‘Whaler sharks with black tip on tail’; ngurtpartpart�‘Milkfish’; mangirk�‘Small reef-dwelling Black-tip Whaler Sharks’. Category:�Sharks.

kalakkalak���noun. Banded Wobbegong. Orectolobus ornatus. See:�kurruwilku�‘Wobbegong’. Category:�Sharks.

kamawarak���noun. 1�•�hammerhead shark. See:�wampa�‘shark (generic)’. Sphyrna spp.. Category:�Sharks.

2�•�Lemon Shark. Negaprion acutidens. Category:�Sharks.

kurrwilku���noun. Wobbegong. Eucrossorhinus dasypogon, Orectolobus wardi. See:�kalakkalak�‘banded wobblegong’. Category:�Sharks.

mangirk���noun. Small reef-dwelling Black-tip Whaler Sharks. Carcharhinus spp.. See:�arlitju�‘Black-tip tailed Whaler sharks’; inyumpuli ngurtpartpart�‘larger Whaler sharks’. Category:�Sharks.

wampa���noun. 1�•�shark (generic). See:�kamawarak�‘Hammerhead shark’. Category:�Sharks.

2�•�Whale shark, Zebra shark. Rhincodon typus, Stegastoma fasciatum. Category:�Sharks.

3�•�Tiger Shark. Galeocerdo cuvier. Category:�Sharks.

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