great white shark
noun
: a large mackerel shark (Carcharodon carcharias) of warm seas that is bluish when young but becomes whitish with age and has been known to attack humans
called also white shark
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Share [Findings] An orca acting alone killed a great white shark and ate its liver.
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
Policies protecting marine wildlife have increased Cape Cod’s great white shark population, which is now one of the densest seasonal concentrations of white sharks in the world, as National Geographic’s Alexandra Owens reported last year.
—Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2024
The show brings viewers up close with deadly animals such as camouflaging cuttlefish and hippos to ferocious great white sharks and venomous spiders and snakes.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2024
This 1978 sequel to Steven Spielberg’s terrifying classic about a murderous great white shark was basically a waterlogged remake of the original, with a group of obnoxious teens winding up as shark bait for a new predator.
—Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
Policies protecting marine wildlife have increased Cape Cod’s great white shark population, which is now one of the densest seasonal concentrations of white sharks in the world, as National Geographic’s Alexandra Owens reported last year.
—Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2024
The show brings viewers up close with deadly animals such as camouflaging cuttlefish and hippos to ferocious great white sharks and venomous spiders and snakes.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2024
This 1978 sequel to Steven Spielberg’s terrifying classic about a murderous great white shark was basically a waterlogged remake of the original, with a group of obnoxious teens winding up as shark bait for a new predator.
—Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Great white shark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/great%20white%20shark. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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