Carcharodon carcharias : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Carcharodon carcharias	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Carcharodon carcharias
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Carcharodon carcharias n large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans Synonym(s): great white shark, white shark, man-eater, man-eating shark, Carcharodon carcharias
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Requin \Re"quin\ (r?"kw?n), n. [F., fr. reqiem a Mass sung for the dead. See {Requiem}.] (Zo[94]l.) The man-eater, or white shark ({Carcharodon carcharias}); -- so called on account of its causing requiems to be sung.