SAND TIGER

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Meaning:

Shallow-water shark with sharp jagged teeth found on both sides of Atlantic; sometimes dangerous to swimmers

Synonyms:

Carcharias taurus; Odontaspis taurus; sand shark; sand tiger

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Nouns denoting animals

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)