Definition of Genus carcharodon

1. Noun. Man-eating sharks.

Exact synonyms: Carcharodon
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Lamnidae, Lamnidae
Member holonyms: Carcharodon Carcharias, Great White Shark, Man-eater, Man-eating Shark, White Shark

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Carcharodon

genus Capella
genus Capparis
genus Capra
genus Caprella
genus Capreolus
genus Capricornis
genus Caprimulgus
genus Capros
genus Capsella
genus Capsicum
genus Caragana
genus Caranx
genus Carcharhinus
genus Carcharias
genus Carcharodon
genus Cardamine
genus Cardium
genus Carduelis
genus Carduus
genus Caretta
genus Carex
genus Cariama
genus Carica
genus Carissa
genus Carlina
genus Carnegiea
genus Carpenteria
genus Carphophis

Literary usage of Genus carcharodon

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

1. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association by Geologists' Association (1900)
"... same genus from the Eocene of Belgium, named O. nova, Winkler, and O. winkleri, Vincent. GENUS Carcharodon. The teeth of Carcharodon resemble those of ..."

2. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"The genus Carcharodon is known at once by its broad, evenly triangular, knife-like teeth, with finely serrated edges, and without notch or cusp of any kind. ..."

3. Transactions of the Leeds Geological Association by Leeds Geological Association (1891)
"... the teeth have a central cavity; the teeth of existing fishes are hollow. The genus Carcharodon is separated by Smith from the genus Carcharias. ..."

4. Palaeontology or a systematic summary of extinct animals and their by Richard Owen (1861)
"... but solid and usually of large size, are referred to the genus Carcharodon. One of these teeth, from miocene beds, Malta, in the Hunterian Museum, ..."

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