(ga″le-o-fo´be-ә) ailurophobia.
Galeophobia: An abnormally large and persistent fear of sharks. Sufferers from this phobia experience anxiety even though they may be safe on a boat or in an aquarium or on a beach. Hollywood films depicting sharks as calculating, vengeful diabolical monsters have no doubt enkindled the fear of sharks in many persons. So have validated reports of s...
Galeophobia is the fear of cats.
galeophobia An intense fear of cats (polecats, skunks, weasels); also of sharks. These come from two different Greek sources with the same spelling.