HyperDic: bull_shark

English > 1 sense of the expression bull shark:
NOUNanimalbull shark, cub shark, Carcharhinus leucasa most common shark in temperate and tropical coastal waters worldwide / worldwide
English > bull shark: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA most common shark in temperate and tropical coastal waters worldwide / worldwide; heavy-bodied and dangerous.
Synonymscub shark, Carcharhinus leucas
Member ofCarcharhinus, genus Carcharhinustype genus of the Carcharhinidae
Broaderrequiem sharkAny of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species
CatalanCarcharhinus leucas

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