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TIGER SHARK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tiger shark mean?
• TIGER SHARK (noun)
The noun TIGER SHARK has 1 sense:
1. large dangerous warm-water shark with striped or spotted body
Familiarity information: TIGER SHARK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large dangerous warm-water shark with striped or spotted body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Galeocerdo cuvieri; tiger shark
Hypernyms ("tiger shark" is a kind of...):
requiem shark (any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species)
Holonyms ("tiger shark" is a member of...):
Galeocerdo; genus Galeocerdo (tiger sharks)
Context examples
In 2011, some 15 years into a long-term study of the ecological importance of tiger sharks in Shark Bay, a heat wave struck the region.
(Sharks, the seagrass protectors, National Science Foundation)
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