BULL SHARK

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A most common shark in temperate and tropical coastal waters worldwide; heavy-bodied and dangerous

Synonyms:

bull shark; Carcharhinus leucas; cub shark

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

requiem shark (any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species)

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

Carcharhinus; genus Carcharhinus (type genus of the Carcharhinidae)

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