tiger shark

noun

|Updated on: 20 Jul 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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Then, this April, I was attacked by a tiger shark while surfing off the coast of Shipwreck Beach in Keoniloa Bay, on the south shore of Kauai, Hawaii.

— patty hodapp, Outside Online, "The Man Who Survived a Rattler, Bear, and Shark Attack," 10 July 2018
The planes can be found by searching for each aircraft's tail number: great white (N470WN), hammerhead (N705SW), mako (N961WN), tiger shark (N553WN) and bull shark (N947WN).

— andrea leinfelder, Houston Chronicle, "Southwest planes get some teeth to honor Discovery Channel's Shark Week," 9 July 2018
There are sand tiger sharks with fearsome teeth, sandbar sharks with tall dorsal fins and nurse sharks huddled together on the floor of the tank.

— Washington Post, "Sandy-ravaged aquarium opens splashy new shark exhibit," 26 June 2018
Bacilio Hernandez of Corpus Christi caught, tagged and released the 11-foot tiger shark last week.

— madeline farber, Fox News, "Texas angler hooks 11-foot tiger shark: 'It was the catch of a lifetime'," 23 May 2018
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

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