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SAND TIGER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sand tiger mean?
• SAND TIGER (noun)
The noun SAND TIGER has 1 sense:
1. shallow-water shark with sharp jagged teeth found on both sides of Atlantic; sometimes dangerous to swimmers
Familiarity information: SAND TIGER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shallow-water shark with sharp jagged teeth found on both sides of Atlantic; sometimes dangerous to swimmers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Carcharias taurus; Odontaspis taurus; sand shark; sand tiger
Hypernyms ("sand tiger" is a kind of...):
shark (any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales)
Holonyms ("sand tiger" is a member of...):
Carcharias; genus Carcharias; genus Odontaspis; Odontaspis (type and sole genus of Carchariidae: sand sharks)
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