Carcharias taurus

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Carcharias taurus - shallow-water shark with sharp jagged teeth found on both sides of Atlantic; sometimes dangerous to swimmersOdontaspis taurus, sand shark, sand tigershark - any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scalesCarcharias, genus Carcharias, genus Odontaspis, Odontaspis - type and sole genus of Carchariidae: sand sharks