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Carcharodon

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prop. n.1.A genus of sharks including man-eating sharks, such as the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias.
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Noun1.Carcharodon - man-eating sharksCarcharodon - man-eating sharks                    
genus Carcharodon
fish genus - any of various genus of fish
family Lamnidae, Lamnidae - oceanic sharks
Carcharodon carcharias, great white shark, man-eating shark, white shark, man-eater - large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans
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For the last 150 years, some paleontologists have concluded the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, is a smaller relative of the line that produced Carcharodon megalodon, the largest carnivorous fish known.
5-mln yr old shark fossil sheds new light on Great White's origins by Asian News International
But today's largest predatory fish would have come off much worse against a now extinct leviathan of the deep called Carcharodon megalodon, or "big tooth", that died out 1.
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This folio-size volume, profusely illustrated with reproductions of old photographs and paintings, excellent color photographs by Al Giddings and others, as well as the handsome paintings of Richard Ellis, provides the general reader with a rich background of information about one of the most awesome fish in the sea--the Great White Shark, Carcharodon carcharias.
Great White Shark by Gilbert, Perry W. / Oceanus
 
 
 
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