tiger shark

noun

|Updated on: 22 Jun 2018

Definition of tiger shark

: a large gray or brown stocky-bodied requiem shark (Galeocerdo cuvieri) that is nearly cosmopolitan especially in warm seas and can be dangerous to humans — see shark illustration

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This is an oral history in the sense that foothills are made of feet, or that a tiger shark is part tiger, part shark.

— jim mclauchlin, WIRED, "The Secret History of the Racy Module That Almost Ruined D&D," 12 June 2018
The tiger shark is one of two apex predator sharks, along with great whites, that can stealthily ambush a victim before even being noticed.

— nelson coffin, baltimoresun.com, "Towson underwater photographer takes up plight of sharks," 26 Apr. 2018
Australian waters also have the three shark species that account for the majority of fatal shark attacks: tiger sharks, bull sharks, and great white sharks.

— jeremy hsu, The Atlantic, "Can AI Stop Shark Attacks?," 31 Mar. 2018
In the tank live three sand tiger sharks, none shorter than eight feet long.

— laura brown, Harper's BAZAAR, "Rihanna: The Interview," 5 Feb. 2015
The Perrigo family caught three rarely seen sand tiger sharks on March 28.

— mark price, charlotteobserver, "Duo fishing off SC finds itself catching sharks all day, one 9-feet long | Charlotte Observer," 2 Apr. 2018
In the open ocean, the sand tiger shark has been known to migrate more than 1,500 miles.

— andy newman, New York Times, "How Do You Move a Shark? Very Carefully," 16 May 2018
In the first footage of its kind, an aerial drone has captured two 10-foot tiger sharks and a 13-foot saltwater crocodile scavenging a dead whale.

— National Geographic, "Sharks and Crocodile Feast on Dead Whale in First-Ever Video," 25 Apr. 2018
In this case, there were only four tiger sharks and one 13-foot crocodile spotted eating the whale, though hundreds of teeth marks on the whale's body suggest there were likely even more.

— jennifer earl, Fox News, "Sharks, crocodile spotted feasting on whale in 'rare' drone video," 26 Apr. 2018

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