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sand tiger in American Englishnounany of several sharks of the family Odontaspididae, esp Odontaspis taurus, inhabiting shallow waters on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, having sharp, jagged teeth and sometimes dangerous to humans Examples of 'sand tiger' in a sentencesand tiger I turn to see a sand tiger shark, its fangfilled snout pressed into one of the net 'walls'.Its 150, two-hour 'discover scuba' course includes swimming with sand tiger, angel and dogfish sharks.The aquarium is home to some magnificent big fish, including sand tiger sharks, black tip reef sharks and brown sharks.The embryos of the sand tiger shark have an infallible way of dealing with sibling rivalry.They include giant stingrays and sharks from the reef, nurse, sand tiger and leopard families.There are more than 15 types there, including black reef tips, sand tigers and nursesharks.In addition to the sand tigers there are 16 other sharks in this 5.5m-deep tank. |