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Definition: White Shark |
White SharkNoun1. Large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: White SharkSynonyms: great white shark (n), man-eater (n), man-eating shark (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: White Shark |
| English words defined with "white shark": Requin. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "white shark": White Death. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Great White Shark (1995) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | A large white shark cruising offshore from the Farallon Islands. Credit: Sanctuaries. |
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Expression using "white shark": great white shark. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
great white shark | 3,418 |
white shark | 244 |
great white shark picture | 241 |
great white shark attack | 71 |
great white shark photo | 69 |
information on great white shark | 18 |
great white shark tooth | 14 |
great white shark diving | 11 |
jaws of a great white shark | 7 |
great white shark attack photo | 6 |
great white shark tour | 3 |
great white shark poster | 2 |
great white shark dive | 2 |
great white shark photo gallery | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "white shark"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | store hvide haj (great white shark, maneater, maneater shark, white pointer), menneskehaj (great white shark, maneater, maneater shark, white pointer). (various references) | |
Dutch | witte haai (great white shark, maneater, maneater shark, white pointer). (various references) | |
Finnish | valkohai (great white shark, maneater, maneater shark, white pointer). (various references) | |
French | requin mangeur d'homme (great white shark, white pointer), requin blanc (great white shark, white pointer), requin (great white shark, white pointer), grand requin blanc (great white shark, white pointer), carcharodonte (great white shark, white pointer), \WSH (great white shark, white pointer). (various references) | |
German | Weißhai (great white shark, maneater, maneater shark, white pointer), Menschenhai (man eater, man-eating shark). (various references) | |
Greek | καρχαρίας (shark), σκυλόψαρο (dog fish, sea dog), σμπρίλλιας (great white shark, maneater, maneater shark, white pointer), σμπρίλλιος (great white shark, maneater, maneater shark, white pointer). (various references) | |
Italian | pescecane (shark). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | itewhay arkshay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tubarao de Sao Tomé (great white shark, maneater, maneater shark, white pointer), tubarão de São Tomé (great white shark, maneater, maneater shark, white pointer). (various references) | |
Spanish | tiburón blanco (great white shark, maneater, maneater shark, white pointer), jaquetón blanco (great white shark, maneater, maneater shark, white pointer), jaquetón (great white shark, maneater, maneater shark, white pointer). (various references) | |
Swedish | vithaj (great white shark, maneater, maneater shark, white pointer). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Carcharodon carcharias, Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus), Carcharodon rondeletti. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-h-i-k-r-s-t-w" | |
-2 letters: waterish. | |
-3 letters: hastier, hawkers, hawkies, hawkish, hearths, rikshaw, shakier, skiwear, swather, swither, thawers, trishaw, waister, waiters, wariest, washier, wastrie, weakish, wearish, whisker, whither, withers, wraiths, wreaths, writhes. | |
-4 letters: airest, airths, ashier, earths, haters, hawker, hawkie, hawser, hearth, hearts, heaths, hikers, hither, kaiser, kasher, kheths, kiters, kithes, kraits, rakish, rawest, rawish, rehash, rewash, saithe. | |
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