white shark

noun

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Policies protecting marine wildlife have increased Cape Cod’s great white shark population, which is now one of the densest seasonal concentrations of white sharks in the world, as National Geographic’s Alexandra Owens reported last year. Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2024 Perry managed to capture several images of the white shark feeding. Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024 In late summer, the white shark is known to frequent northern Tomales Point, on the Pacific. Tasha Zemke, Outside Online, 20 Sep. 2024 The researchers concluded that a white shark or shortfin mako shark must have munched on their pregnant porbeagle and ingested the tag temporarily. Evan Bush, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2024 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 7 Nov. 2024.

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