Definition of Carcharodon carcharias

1. Noun. Large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Carcharodon Carcharias

Carborundum
Carcel lamp
Carcel lamps
Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus
Carcharhinus leucas
Carcharhinus limbatus
Carcharhinus obscurus
Carcharhinus plumbeus
Carcharias
Carcharias taurus
Carchariidae
Carcharinus longimanus
Carcharodon
Carcharodon carcharias
Carchemish
Cardamine
Cardamine bulbifera
Cardamine bulbosa
Cardamine diphylla
Cardamine douglasii
Cardamine pratensis
Cardamine rotundifolia
Carden's amputation
Cardia
Cardiff
Cardiffian
Cardiffians
Cardigan

Literary usage of Carcharodon carcharias

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1904)
"The Great White Shark or Man eater (carcharodon carcharias, Linn.,) has al«o been observed more frequently by the sealers in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in ..."

2. Elementary Textbook of Economic Zoology and Entomology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Rennie Wilbur Doane (1915)
"The great white shark, carcharodon carcharias, occurs FIG. 114.—The common skate, Raja erinacea. (From Kingsley.) in all warm seas, and because it does not ..."

3. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries by United States Bureau of Fisheries, Bureau of Fisheries, United States (1916)
"carcharodon carcharias. Coles, 1914, p. 91. Teeth.—Teeth in — rows, large, erect, triangular, coarsely serrated, cutting edges nearly straight; ..."

4. Naval Hygiene by James Chambers Pryor (1918)
"carcharodon carcharias, or the "man-eating shark," is the only species which is believed to attack man. It is the so-called "white shark" of the tropics and ..."

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