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CARCHARHINUS LEUCAS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A most common shark in temperate and tropical coastal waters worldwide; heavy-bodied and dangerous
Synonyms:
bull shark; Carcharhinus leucas; cub shark
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Carcharhinus leucas" is a kind of...):
requiem shark (any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species)
Holonyms ("Carcharhinus leucas" is a member of...):
Carcharhinus; genus Carcharhinus (type genus of the Carcharhinidae)
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