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Definition of Carcharodon carcharias
1. Noun. Large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans.
Generic synonyms: Mackerel Shark
Group relationships: Carcharodon, Genus Carcharodon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carcharodon Carcharias
Literary usage of Carcharodon carcharias
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1904)
"The Great White Shark or Man eater (Carcharodon carcharias, Linn.,) has al«o been
observed more frequently by the sealers in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in ..."
2. Elementary Textbook of Economic Zoology and Entomology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Rennie Wilbur Doane (1915)
"The great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, occurs FIG. 114.—The common skate,
Raja erinacea. (From Kingsley.) in all warm seas, and because it does not ..."
3. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries by United States Bureau of Fisheries, Bureau of Fisheries, United States (1916)
"Carcharodon carcharias. Coles, 1914, p. 91. Teeth.—Teeth in — rows, large, erect,
triangular, coarsely serrated, cutting edges nearly straight; ..."
4. Naval Hygiene by James Chambers Pryor (1918)
"Carcharodon carcharias, or the "man-eating shark," is the only species which is
believed to attack man. It is the so-called "white shark" of the tropics and ..."
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