Definition of "sharklike"

sharklike

adjective
comparative more sharklike, superlative most sharklike
1. Similar to a shark.
  Quotations
  The first reference to the shark is lost in antiquity; there is an aboriginal drawing in Australia that shows a sharklike creature in the act of eating a man.
  1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, page 14
2. Similar to that of a shark.
  Quotations
  They wallowed lazily, nibbling bits of sea grass, their dorsal fins sometimes cutting through the water, sharklike.
  1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 125
3. (taxonomy, of a fish) Cartilaginous.