white shark

noun

: great white shark

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Fatal shark attacks are usually because of bull sharks, tiger sharks or white sharks. — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 14 July 2026 By the time Hilary arrived, the researchers were tracking 22 juvenile white sharks. — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 Lowe and his students have spent 15 years tracking juvenile white sharks in Southern California waters using acoustic and satellite telemetry. — Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2026 And up on the North Shore, a small white shark was spotted about five miles off Marblehead. — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 6 July 2026 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

noun
: great white shark

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white shark

noun
: great white shark

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