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shark

[shahrk] / ʃɑrk /














NOUN
harpy
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NOUN
racketeer
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Officials recovered a body Saturday afternoon off the coast of Davenport in Santa Cruz County, several miles north of a beach where a woman had been reported missing and a shark had been spotted.

From Los Angeles Times

This suggests that water clarity affects how deep these fish swim, which can alter the prey they hunt and their exposure to predators like large sharks.

From Science Daily

Each of these resorts has an undersea restaurant, where travelers can sip sparkling wine and eat crab and caviar as Rainbowfish flit by, and Blacktip sharks skulk in the distance.

From Salon

Whales and basking sharks are often spotted from the shore.

From BBC

In 1749, Brook Watson, a 14-year-old English youth serving on a merchant ship, was swimming in Havana harbor when he was attacked by a shark.

From The Wall Street Journal