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noun
Any member of the taxonomic family Carcharhinidae (order Carcharhiniformes).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: shark
Narrower terms: bull shark, cub shark, Carcharhinus leucas, sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus, blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus, whitetip shark, oceanic whitetip shark, white-tipped shark, Carcharinus longimanus, dusky shark, Carcharhinus obscurus, lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris, blue shark, great blue shark, Prionace glauca, tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvieri, soupfin shark, soupfin, soup-fin, Galeorhinus zyopterus
History
Perhaps from French requin (“shark”).
Across languages
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