noun
a most common shark in temperate and tropical coastal waters worldwide; heavy-bodied and dangerous
• Syn: ↑bull shark, ↑Carcharhinus leucas
• Hypernyms: ↑requiem shark
• Member Holonyms: ↑Carcharhinus, ↑genus Carcharhinus
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noun : a stout sluggish bottom-dwelling shark (Carcharhinus leucas) widely distributed along the western Atlantic shores and commonly entering fresh water; also : the young of various other sharks
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cub shark,
= ground shark. (Cf. ↑ground shark)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.