great blue shark

/greɪt blu ʃɑrk/
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Definitions of great blue shark
  1. noun
    slender cosmopolitan, pelagic shark; blue body shades to white belly; dangerous especially during maritime disasters
    synonyms: Prionace glauca, blue shark
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    type of:
    requiem shark
    any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species
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