white shark

noun

: great white shark

Examples of white shark in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Shark Lab has already tagged hundreds of juvenile white sharks and currently uses aerial drones and underwater listening stations to track their movements along the California coast. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026

Because of the marine heat wave, a UC Santa Barbara project that uses drones to observe sharks at a nearby beach has seen a twofold increase in white sharks so far this year, McCauley said. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 30 July 2026

Lowe said the severity of Fox’s injuries and witness accounts led him to believe she was killed by a large adult white shark, likely about 16 feet long. — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 30 July 2026

The department recommends avoiding swimming in areas where sharks have been observed or where white sharks have been seen feeding. — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1674, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for white shark

• disembark
• matriarch
• meadowlark
• patriarch
• watermark
• arc
• ark
• bark
• barque
• dark
• hark
• lark

Kids Definition

white shark

noun

: great white shark

Medical Definition

white shark

noun

: great white shark