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Man-eating shark   /mæn-ˈitɪŋ ʃɑrk/   Listen
Man-eating shark

noun
1.
Large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans.  Synonyms: Carcharodon carcharias, great white shark, man-eater, white shark.






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"Man-eating shark" Quotes from Famous Books



... of yours, but I do not think it would be entirely safe for you. We are not going on the comparatively quiet waters of the harbor, but out into the ocean itself, and that in a whaleboat, and we may have very rough sailing; besides, it is not at all impossible that a man-eating shark might get into the boat alive, and, as I heard an old fisherman say yesterday, ...
— Elsie at Nantucket • Martha Finley

... day you'll get the blind staggers from conceit. No, I'm not in love with you, Mr. Karslake, but I shouldn't be at all surprised if she were. She's just your sort, you know. She's a man-eating shark, and you'll be a toothsome mouthful. Oh, come now, Jack, what a silly you are! Oh, yes, you are, to get off a joke like ...
— Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: The New York Idea • Langdon Mitchell



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