white shark

noun

: great white shark

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By the time Hilary arrived, the researchers were tracking 22 juvenile white sharks. — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 Lowe and his students have spent 15 years tracking juvenile white sharks in Southern California waters using acoustic and satellite telemetry. — Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2026 And up on the North Shore, a small white shark was spotted about five miles off Marblehead. — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 6 July 2026 An Australian lifeguard helped rescue a woman who was critically injured by a white shark while swimming off a popular Sydney beach on Saturday. — CBS News, 13 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for white shark

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First Known Use

circa 1674, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of white shark was circa 1674

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“White shark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20shark. Accessed 11 Jul. 2026.

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white shark

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white shark

noun
: great white shark

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