requiem shark
noun
variants
or less commonly requiem
: any of a family (Carcharhinidae) of sharks (such as the tiger shark or blue shark) that are found in tropical and temperate waters, are usually gray to brown above and yellow to white below, have a rounded snout with bladelike teeth, and include some that have been known to attack people
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Sea bream—a fish which fed on mussels, snails and crustaceans—formed the lowest level of the food chain, followed by smaller shark species such as requiem sharks and the ancestors of today's cetaceans, dolphins and whales.
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Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 May 2025
Smaller shark species such as requiem sharks and ancestors of today’s cetaceans, dolphins and whales, were next.
—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
The latest discovery, called the Carcharhinus tingae, is in the same genus as the modern bull sharks and dusky sharks, but its teeth were most similar to the requiem shark or the grey reef shark.
—Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 27 Dec. 2021
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Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 May 2025
Smaller shark species such as requiem sharks and ancestors of today’s cetaceans, dolphins and whales, were next.
—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
The latest discovery, called the Carcharhinus tingae, is in the same genus as the modern bull sharks and dusky sharks, but its teeth were most similar to the requiem shark or the grey reef shark.
—Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 27 Dec. 2021
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“Requiem shark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/requiem%20shark. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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