Squaliform
/ˈskwælɪfɔːrm/noun
Resembling or having the form of a shark.
Did you know?Its root traces back to Latin *squalus*, the word for a shark, while the ending *-form* comes from Latin *forma* meaning “shape,” so the word is literally a classical label for anything shark-like.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
squalus
“a shark”
Classical Latin
Latin
forma
“shape, form, appearance”
Late Latin
Latin
squaliformis
“shark-shaped; having the form of a shark”
18th–19th Century
English
squaliform
“shark-shaped; resembling a shark”
Modern English
English
squaliform
“resembling or having the form of a shark”