NOUN | animal | bull shark, cub shark, Carcharhinus leucas | a most common shark in temperate and tropical coastal waters worldwide / worldwide |
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Meaning | A most common shark in temperate and tropical coastal waters worldwide / worldwide; heavy-bodied and dangerous. | |
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Synonyms | cub shark, Carcharhinus leucas | |
Member of | Carcharhinus, genus Carcharhinus | type genus of the Carcharhinidae |
Broader | requiem shark | Any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species |
Catalan | Carcharhinus leucas |
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