Carcharodon

noun

Car·​char·​o·​don

kärˈkarəˌdän

: a genus of sharks (family Lamnidae) comprising the great white shark and a number of extinct related forms having carcharodont teeth

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek karcharodōn

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