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tiger shark

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tiger shark
n.
A large voracious shark (Galeocerdo cuvieri) of tropical waters, having a grayish-brown color with vertical bars along the sides.
tiger shark
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a voracious omnivorous requiem shark, Galeocerdo cuvieri, chiefly of tropical waters, having a striped or spotted body
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of certain other spotted sharks, such as Stegostoma tigrinum, of the Indian Ocean
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Noun1.tiger sharktiger shark - large dangerous warm-water shark with striped or spotted body
Galeocerdo cuvieri
requiem shark - any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species
Galeocerdo, genus Galeocerdo - tiger sharks


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