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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large yellowish-brown shark (Negaprion brevirostris) found chiefly in tropical and subtropical coastal waters of the Americas.
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- noun A
shark ,Negaprion brevirostris , growing up to 10 feet long and found along theAtlantic coast ofNorth andSouth America .
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- noun common shallow-water schooling shark of the Atlantic from North Carolina to Brazil and off west Africa; dangerous
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From its yellowish color.]
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