Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Carcharhinidae —tiger shark .
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Examples
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A restoration of a "tiger shark" (either Galeocerdo or Physogaleus) attacking a crocodile.
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I’d say we’re talking Galeocerdo cuvier or Carcharodon carcharias.
Spider Bones Kathy Reichs 2010
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49 [Galeocerdo Arcticus lower jaw] those behind lying flat, and the middle teeth consisting of a series of small ones.
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Physogaleus and Galeocerdo (which, in fact, might be synonymous), sharks that, like their living relative the tiger shark (
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Galeocerdo cuvier) possessesed asymmetrical teeth in the shape of a bent A.
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