sand shark

  • 1Sand shark — Sand tiger sharks Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous–Recent …

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  • 2Sand shark — Sand Sand, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.] 1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent …

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  • 3Sand shark — Shark Shark, n. [Of uncertain origin; perhaps through OF. fr. carcharus a kind of dogfish, Gr. karchari as, so called from its sharp teeth, fr. ka rcharos having sharp or jagged teeth; or perhaps named from its rapacity (cf. {Shark}, v. t. & i.); …

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  • 4sand shark — noun shallow water shark with sharp jagged teeth found on both sides of Atlantic; sometimes dangerous to swimmers • Syn: ↑sand tiger, ↑Carcharias taurus, ↑Odontaspis taurus • Hypernyms: ↑shark • Member Holonyms: ↑Carcharias, ↑ …

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  • 5sand shark — australinis smėlryklis statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Eugomphodus taurus angl. brown shark; gray nurse shark; sand shark; sand tiger shark; slender tooth shark; spotted ragged tooth shark rus.… …

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  • 6sand shark — Any of about six species of shallow water, bottom dwelling sharks in the genus Odontaspis (family Odontaspididae), found along tropical and temperate coastlines of all oceans. They are 10–20 ft (3–6 m) long and are brown or gray above, paler… …

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  • 7sand shark — noun 1》 a voracious brown spotted tropical Atlantic shark. [Odontaspis taurus.] 2》 a ray, dogfish, or small shark of shallow coastal waters …

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  • 8sand shark. — See sand tiger. [1880 85] * * * …

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  • 9sand shark. — See sand tiger. [1880 85] …

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  • 10Sand — Sand, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.] 1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when …

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