WHITE SHARK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white shark mean? 

• WHITE SHARK (noun)
  The noun WHITE SHARK has 1 sense:

1. large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans

  Familiarity information: WHITE SHARK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITE SHARK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Carcharodon carcharias; great white shark; man-eater; man-eating shark; white shark

Hypernyms ("white shark" is a kind of...):

mackerel shark (fierce pelagic and oceanic sharks)

Holonyms ("white shark" is a member of...):

Carcharodon; genus Carcharodon (man-eating sharks)

 Context examples 

The great white shark population remained relatively stable until 2015, at which point their numbers went into sharp decline, sometimes reaching zero during 2017–2018.

(Study indicates as great white shark disappears, living fossil moves in, Wikinews)

Unlike its better-known relatives, the Great white shark and other predatory sharks, the whale shark is a filter feeder, meaning that it draws water into its mouth and extracts small organisms from the liquid.

(New study of endangered whale shark youth shows vital habitat similarities, Wikinews)

The great white shark and orca are the only species known to eat adult sevengills.

(Study indicates as great white shark disappears, living fossil moves in, Wikinews)

Scientists from the University of Miami and Apex Shark Expeditions published a study, documenting the disappearance of the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) from a specific area off the coast of South Africa.

(Study indicates as great white shark disappears, living fossil moves in, Wikinews)