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of "predator, one who preys on others" from the Dutch schurk, meaning 'villain, scoundrel' (cf. card shark, loan shark, etc.), which was later applied to the fish due to its predatory behaviour.

A now disproven theory is that it derives from the Yucatec Maya word xook , meaning 'shark'. Evidence for this etymology came from the Oxford English Dictionary,

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