great white shark
noun
: a large mackerel shark (Carcharodon carcharias) of warm seas that is bluish when young but becomes whitish with age and has been known to attack humans
called also white shark
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Shark trackers recently reported that a 1,400-pound, 13-foot great white shark pinged off a Florida beach four times in one day.
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Alexandra Koch, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2025
Breton isn't the only great white shark making his way south.
—Kierra Frazier, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2025
Earlier this year, scientists observed an orca off the coast of Mossel Bay, South Africa hunting a juvenile great white shark—a behavior never previously recorded in these killers.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
More numerous were the newcomers, including great white sharks, dolphins, and several fish and plankton species.
—science.org, 25 Sep. 2024
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Alexandra Koch, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2025
Breton isn't the only great white shark making his way south.
—Kierra Frazier, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2025
Earlier this year, scientists observed an orca off the coast of Mossel Bay, South Africa hunting a juvenile great white shark—a behavior never previously recorded in these killers.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
More numerous were the newcomers, including great white sharks, dolphins, and several fish and plankton species.
—science.org, 25 Sep. 2024
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“Great white shark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/great%20white%20shark. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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