GREAT WHITE SHARK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does great white shark mean? 

• GREAT WHITE SHARK (noun)
  The noun GREAT WHITE SHARK has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: GREAT WHITE SHARK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GREAT WHITE SHARK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Carcharodon carcharias; great white shark; man-eater; man-eating shark; white shark

Hypernyms ("great white shark" is a kind of...):

mackerel shark (fierce pelagic and oceanic sharks)

Holonyms ("great white shark" is a member of...):

Carcharodon; genus Carcharodon (man-eating sharks)

 Context examples 

The great white shark and orca are the only species known to eat adult sevengills.

(Study indicates as great white shark disappears, living fossil moves in, Wikinews)

The great white shark population remained relatively stable until 2015, at which point their numbers went into sharp decline, sometimes reaching zero during 2017–2018.

(Study indicates as great white shark disappears, living fossil moves in, Wikinews)

Scientists from the University of Miami and Apex Shark Expeditions published a study, documenting the disappearance of the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) from a specific area off the coast of South Africa.

(Study indicates as great white shark disappears, living fossil moves in, Wikinews)

The scientists behind the present study only note various hypotheses about the cause of the disappearance of great white sharks from this area, though Dr. Alison Kock of the University of Cape Town has reported a correlation with the entry of orcas into False Bay, possibly because human activity has rendered prey hard to find elsewhere.

(Study indicates as great white shark disappears, living fossil moves in, Wikinews)