Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of man-eater sharks of enormous size and with serrate teeth, of the family Lamnidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A genus of sharks including man-eating sharks, such as the great white shark,
Carcharodon carcharias .
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- noun man-eating sharks
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Examples
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I would back our modern carcharodon, who grows to forty feet, against any plesiosaurus that ever swam the Jurassic sea.
Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science Grant Allen 1873
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Our modern carcharodon, who runs (as I have before noted) to forty feet in length, is a very respectable monster indeed, as times go; and his huge snapping teeth, which measure nearly two inches long by one and a half broad, would disdain to make two bites of the able-bodied British seaman.
Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science Grant Allen 1873
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The dimension of this species of shark equals that of the carcharodon megalodon.
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Figure 51 shows a smaller tooth of the carcharodon megalodon.
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It is probable, this tooth indicates the existence of a genus, which should be separated from the carcharodon, but the existence of a single tooth does not furnish all the characteristics which probably belong to it.
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-- (Fig. 67.) Tooth thick and strong; roots well developed and forked; enamel similar in texture to the carcharodon, and also cracked longitudinally.
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The reconstituted jawbone of the carcharodon megalodon, a monster shark that could reach as much as 43ft, is another highlight.
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The reconstituted jawbone of the carcharodon megalodon, a monster shark that could reach as much as 43ft, is another highlight.
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kingrat47 commented on the word carcharodon
Literally, "ragged tooth"
December 10, 2006
chained_bear commented on the word carcharodon
"...there was not a man aboard who did not feel sick with apprehension when a huge fish, thirty-five to forty feet long, glided between them and the diving-bell, far too deep for any musket. It turned above the glass, darkening the day. 'That must be the big carcharodon,' said Stephen, looking up. 'Let us see what he will make of this.' He reached for the cock and let out a furious bubbling stream of used air. In a single swift movement the shark turned its vast bulk and was seen no more."
--Patrick O'Brian, Treason's Harbour, 205
February 19, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word carcharodon
Carcharodon megalodon lived "between about 18 million to 1.5 million years ago and was the apex predator of its time. The oldest C. megalodon teeth found are about 18 million years old. C. megalodon became extinct in the Pleistocene epoch probably about 1.5 million years ago. It is the largest carnivorous fish known to have existed, and quite possibly the largest shark ever to have lived." (Wikipedia, which also has a wicked cool "artist depiction.")
September 1, 2008