Definition of requiem shark Requiem shark
req•ui•em shark
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WordNet
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| requiem shark - any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species | ||
| shark any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales | ||
| carcharhinidae, family carcharhinidae largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharks | ||
| bull shark, carcharhinus leucas, cub shark a most common shark in temperate and tropical coastal waters worldwide; heavy-bodied and dangerous | ||
| carcharhinus plumbeus, sandbar shark most common grey shark along coasts of middle Atlantic states; sluggish and occasionally caught by fishermen | ||
| blacktip shark, carcharhinus limbatus, sandbar shark widely distributed shallow-water shark with fins seemingly dipped in ink | ||
| carcharinus longimanus, oceanic whitetip shark, white-tipped shark, whitetip shark large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin; worldwide distribution; most dangerous shark | ||
| carcharhinus obscurus, dusky shark relatively slender blue-grey shark; nearly worldwide in tropical and temperate waters | ||
| lemon shark, negaprion brevirostris common shallow-water schooling shark of the Atlantic from North Carolina to Brazil and off west Africa; dangerous | ||
| blue shark, great blue shark, prionace glauca slender cosmopolitan, pelagic shark; blue body shades to white belly; dangerous especially during maritime disasters | ||
| galeocerdo cuvieri, tiger shark large dangerous warm-water shark with striped or spotted body | ||
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Wiktionary 
- requiem shark (Noun)
Any member of the taxonomic family Carcharhinidae within the order Carcharhiniformes.
