Lexic.us

Definition of Cub shark

1. Noun. A most common shark in temperate and tropical coastal waters worldwide; heavy-bodied and dangerous.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cub Shark

Literary usage of Cub shark

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"... or cub-shark, of the Atlantic. This the writer has taken with a great hook and chain from the wharves at Key West. These great sharks swim about harbors ..."

2. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1915)
"CUB-SHARK. Of this shark I have secured three specimens, one each for the years 1902, 1906, and 1913. These are the only records for this species on the ..."

3. The Isles of Summer, Or, Nassau and the Bahamas by Charles Ives (1880)
"It was a bonnet-cub shark. We'll kill some when we go fishing, but they'll not let us bring 'em ashore now 'cause of der smell." "You call 'em bonnet-cub ..."

4. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1908)
"After I left the laboratory, Mr. Davenport Hooker collected from a cub-shark (Carcharhinus lamia) some cestodes, which I have since examined. ..."

5. Fish Stories Alleged and Experienced: With a Little History Natural and by Charles Frederick Holder, David Starr Jordan (1909)
"It does not often stay along the shore, the man-eaters of the bays being the cub shark, and its kindred, beasts of half the length of the great white shark. ..."

6. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"... or cub-shark, of the Atlantic. This the writer has taken with a great hook and chain from the wharves at Key West. These great sharks swim about harbors ..."

7. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1915)
"CUB-SHARK. Of this shark I have secured three specimens, one each for the years 1902, 1906, and 1913. These are the only records for this species on the ..."

8. The Isles of Summer, Or, Nassau and the Bahamas by Charles Ives (1880)
"It was a bonnet-cub shark. We'll kill some when we go fishing, but they'll not let us bring 'em ashore now 'cause of der smell." "You call 'em bonnet-cub ..."

9. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1908)
"After I left the laboratory, Mr. Davenport Hooker collected from a cub-shark (Carcharhinus lamia) some cestodes, which I have since examined. ..."

10. Fish Stories Alleged and Experienced: With a Little History Natural and by Charles Frederick Holder, David Starr Jordan (1909)
"It does not often stay along the shore, the man-eaters of the bays being the cub shark, and its kindred, beasts of half the length of the great white shark. ..."

Other Resources: