Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A large shark (Carcharodon carcharias) of temperate and tropical waters that grows to about 7 meters (23 feet). It is the only shark known to feed regularly on marine mammals.
Wiktionary
- n. A large shark, Carcharodon carcharias, of coastal surface waters in all major oceans that feeds on fish and marine mammals.
GNU Webster's 1913
- a large shark (Carcharodon carcharias, class Chondrichtyes) usually found in warm seas. When young it is bluish but it becomes white with age. It grows to over 15 feet in length and is feared as a man-eater. Also called
white shark andgreat white .
WordNet 3.0
- n. large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans
Examples
“Amidst the plethora of superheroes, monsters, Elizabethan royalty, and pirates, they spotted a giant piece of candy corn, a Rubik’s Cube, a sparkling disco ball, and a great white shark with a mannequin’s legs dangling from the mouth.”
“Still, a few organizations—such as Carnival Corporation, Cisco Systems, Sony, and Paychex—are inhaling new customers like a great white shark in a feeding frenzy.”
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