tiger shark

tiger shark

n. A large voracious shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) of tropical and warm temperate waters, having a grayish-brown body with dark stripes and spots that are especially prominent in juveniles.

tiger shark

n 1. (Animals) a voracious omnivorous requiem shark, Galeocerdo cuvieri, chiefly of tropical waters, having a striped or spotted body 2. (Animals) any of certain other spotted sharks, such as Stegostoma tigrinum, of the Indian Ocean

ti′ger shark`

n. a large, voracious shark, Galeocerdo cuvieri, of warm seas. [1775–85]

Thesaurus

Noun

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tiger shark - large dangerous warm-water shark with striped or spotted bodyGaleocerdo cuvierirequiem shark - any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal speciesGaleocerdo, genus Galeocerdo - tiger sharks

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