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White Shark

Definition: White Shark

White Shark

Noun

1. 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 Shark

Synonyms: great white shark (n), man-eater (n), man-eating shark (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: White Shark

English words defined with "white shark": Requin. (references)
Specialty definitions using "white shark": White Death. (references)

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Modern Usage: White Shark

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Great White Shark (1995)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: White Shark

DomainTitle

Books

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: White Shark

Computer Images:
White Shark

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Photo Album: White Shark

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

A large white shark cruising offshore from the Farallon Islands. Credit: Sanctuaries.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Expression: White Shark

Expression using "white shark": great white shark. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: White Shark

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
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.

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Modern Translation: White Shark

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.

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Ancestral Language Translations: White Shark

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Carcharodon carcharias, Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus), Carcharodon rondeletti. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: White Shark

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Translations: Ancient
12. Anagrams
13. Bibliography


  

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