man-eating shark

What does man-eating shark mean?

man-eating shark means "large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans".

What is another word for man-eating shark?

Close synonyms include great white shark, white shark, man-eater, Carcharodon carcharias. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is man-eating shark a common word?

man-eating shark is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for man-eating shark come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.