Interesting words

[Neville Briggs]

I discovered an interesting word to-day. SQUALOID.

It means; Like a shark.

It could come in handy for bush poets to use in their correspondence with the Australian Tax Office. It least it would put them to the trouble of searching for a dictionary.

[Maureen K Clifford]

also relates to dogfish therefore it gets a thumbs up from me

What the hell are dogfish ? - obviously they must chase cat fish

[Neville Briggs]

You might also work it into a conversation with the Highway Patrolman who pulls you up for a breath test. It's not recommended if he hasn't noticed your bald tyres or defective tail light.
But you should be OK . It's highly unlikely that any Hwy Patrolman would know the meaning of words like that.

[Dave Smith]

Has any one noticed how quick Maureen is to pick up any words that relate to “DOGS”?

Cool A.

TTFN

[Zondrae]

And.. and..

It is an excellent word for lexic , lixecc.. uur loxi.. wordsmiths.. because it has a Q in it. Squaloid

Lexicographers = would you believe that is the second time I have had reason to use this word in the past three days?

[Neville Briggs]

Funny that, Dave.

Zondrae, are you a member of the local Scrabble team ?

[Robyn]

Maureen, a dogfish is a sort of small shark beloved by biology lecturers and tutors as a set dissection for students (or it was in the olden days, when I was a student).
Robyn

[Zondrae]

Oh neville, by the way,

I would have thought that squaloid was in some way related to 'squalor'. So is it a lazy, messy fish?

[Neville Briggs]

As far as I can find Zondrae, squalid means extremely dirty and unpleasant.
I can't find that it is related to the term squaloid, which comes from squalus a latin word for sea fish.

I guess if a shark got hold of you in it's gob, things would turn rather squalid.

[Zondrae]

G'day Neville,

I thought the 'squal' in common would indicate they are derived from the same root.