pantouflier

French

Etymology

From pantoufle +‎ -ier. The sense of "hammerhead shark" comes from the secondary meaning of "horseshoe".

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Noun

pantouflier m (plural pantoufliers, feminine pantouflière)

(obsolete) slipper-maker

Noun

pantouflier m (plural pantoufliers)

Euphorbia tithymaloides, a species of perennial succulent spurge.
(Antilles) hammerhead shark
Synonym: requin-marteau

References

“pantouflier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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