Crossword clues for tiger shark
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shark \Shark\, n. [Of uncertain origin; perhaps through OF. fr. carcharus a kind of dogfish, Gr. karchari`as, so called from its sharp teeth, fr. ka`rcharos having sharp or jagged teeth; or perhaps named from its rapacity (cf. Shark, v. t. & i.); cf. Corn. scarceas.]
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(Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas.
Note: Some sharks, as the basking shark and the whale shark, grow to an enormous size, the former becoming forty feet or more, and the latter sixty feet or more, in length. Most of them are harmless to man, but some are exceedingly voracious. The man-eating sharks mostly belong to the genera Carcharhinus, Carcharodon, and related genera. They have several rows of large sharp teeth with serrated edges, as the great white shark ( Carcharodon carcharias or Carcharodon Rondeleti) of tropical seas, and the great blue shark ( Carcharhinus glaucus) of all tropical and temperate seas. The former sometimes becomes thirty-six feet long, and is the most voracious and dangerous species known. The rare man-eating shark of the United States coast ( Charcarodon Atwoodi) is thought by some to be a variety, or the young, of C. carcharias. The dusky shark ( Carcharhinus obscurus), and the smaller blue shark ( C. caudatus), both common species on the coast of the United States, are of moderate size and not dangerous. They feed on shellfish and bottom fishes.
A rapacious, artful person; a sharper. [Colloq.]
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Trickery; fraud; petty rapine; as, to live upon the shark. [Obs.]
--South.Baskin shark, Liver shark, Nurse shark, Oil shark, Sand shark, Tiger shark, etc. See under Basking, Liver, etc. See also Dogfish, Houndfish, Notidanian, and Tope.
Gray shark, the sand shark.
Hammer-headed shark. See Hammerhead.
Port Jackson shark. See Cestraciont.
Shark barrow, the eggcase of a shark; a sea purse.
Shark ray. Same as Angel fish (a), under Angel.
Thrasher shark or Thresher shark, a large, voracious shark. See Thrasher.
Whale shark, a huge harmless shark ( Rhinodon typicus) of the Indian Ocean. It becomes sixty feet or more in length, but has very small teeth.
Tiger \Ti"ger\, n. [OE. tigre, F. tigre, L. tigris, Gr. ti`gris; probably of Persian origin; cf. Zend tighra pointed, tighri an arrow, Per. t[=i]r; perhaps akin to E. stick, v. t.; -- probably so named from its quickness.]
A very large and powerful carnivore ( Felis tigris) native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transversely striped with black, the tail is ringed with black, the throat and belly are nearly white. When full grown, it equals or exceeds the lion in size and strength. Called also royal tiger, and Bengal tiger.
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Fig.: A ferocious, bloodthirsty person.
As for heinous tiger, Tamora.
--Shak. A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress.
--Dickens.A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three cheers and a tiger. [Colloq. U. S.]
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A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar. American tiger. (Zo["o]l.)
The puma.
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The jaguar.
Clouded tiger (Zo["o]l.), a handsome striped and spotted carnivore ( Felis macrocelis or Felis marmorata) native of the East Indies and Southern Asia. Its body is about three and a half feet long, and its tail about three feet long. Its ground color is brownish gray, and the dark markings are irregular stripes, spots, and rings, but there are always two dark bands on the face, one extending back from the eye, and one from the angle of the mouth. Called also tortoise-shell tiger.
Mexican tiger (Zo["o]l.), the jaguar.
Tiger beetle (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of active carnivorous beetles of the family Cicindelid[ae]. They usually inhabit dry or sandy places, and fly rapidly.
Tiger bittern. (Zo["o]l.) See Sun bittern, under Sun.
Tiger cat (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of wild cats of moderate size with dark transverse bars or stripes somewhat resembling those of the tiger.
Tiger flower (Bot.), an iridaceous plant of the genus Tigridia (as Tigridia conchiflora, Tigridia grandiflora, etc.) having showy flowers, spotted or streaked somewhat like the skin of a tiger.
Tiger grass (Bot.), a low East Indian fan palm ( Cham[ae]rops Ritchieana). It is used in many ways by the natives.
--J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).Tiger lily. (Bot.) See under Lily.
Tiger moth (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of moths of the family Arctiad[ae] which are striped or barred with black and white or with other conspicuous colors. The larv[ae] are called woolly bears.
Tiger shark (Zo["o]l.), a voracious shark ( Galeocerdo tigrinus syn. Galeocerdo maculatus) more or less barred or spotted with yellow. It is found in both the Atlantic and Indian Ocean. Called also zebra shark.
Tiger shell (Zo["o]l.), a large and conspicuously spotted cowrie ( Cypr[ae]a tigris); -- so called from its fancied resemblance to a tiger in color and markings. Called also tiger cowrie.
Tiger snake (Zo["o]l.), either of two very venomous snakes of Tasmania and Australia, Notechis scutatis and Notechis ater, which grow up to 5 feet in length.
Tiger wolf (Zo["o]l.), the spotted hyena ( Hy[ae]na crocuta).
Tiger wood, the variegated heartwood of a tree ( Mach[ae]rium Schomburgkii) found in Guiana.
Wiktionary
n. A large shark, ''Galeocerdo cuvier'', common in the mid-Pacific, that hunts alone and has dark stripes across its back.
WordNet
n. large dangerous warm-water shark with striped or spotted body [syn: Galeocerdo cuvieri]
Wikipedia
The tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) is a species of requiem shark and the only extant member of the genus Galeocerdo. Commonly known as the "Sea Tiger", the tiger shark is a relatively large macropredator, capable of attaining a length over . It is found in many tropical and temperate waters, and it is especially common around central Pacific islands. Its name derives from the dark stripes down its body which resemble a tiger's pattern, which fade as the shark matures.
The tiger shark is a solitary, mostly nocturnal hunter, and is notable for having the widest food spectrum of all sharks, consuming a variety of prey ranging from crustaceans, fish, seals, birds, squid, turtles, and sea snakes to dolphins and even other smaller sharks. The tiger shark has been known to eat inedible, man-made objects that linger in its stomach, and it has a reputation as a "garbage eater". While the tiger shark sits atop the food chain as an apex predator, killer whales have been known on occasion to prey on them. The tiger shark is considered a near threatened species due to finning and fishing by humans.
Tiger Shark (Todd Arliss) is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Tiger Shark is the name of three DC Comics characters.
Tiger Shark, in comics, may refer to:
- Tiger Shark (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character and enemy of Namor
- Tiger Shark (DC Comics), two DC Comics characters
The tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier, is a large shark in the family Carcharhinidae.
Tiger shark may also refer to:
- Tiger Shark (DC Comics), a fictional character from the DC Comics universe
- Tiger Shark (film), a 1932 film directed by Howard Hawks
- Tiger Shark (game), a 1997 Playstation game
- Tiger Shark (Marvel Comics), a fictional character from the Marvel Comics universe
- Tigershark (film), a 1987 film directed by Emmett Alston
- TigerSharks, a 1980s cartoon series produced by Rankin/Bass
- Kozo Urita, a Japanese professional wrestler who goes under the name of Tiger Shark
- F-20 Tigershark, a fighter plane built by Northrop in the USA
- Grey nurse shark, Carcharias taurus, also known as the sand tiger shark
- Tallahassee Tiger Sharks, an ice hockey team which formerly played in the ECHL
- Tigershark, a family of 4-cylinder engines introduced by Chrysler in 2012
Tiger Shark is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Edward G. Robinson, Richard Arlen and Zita Johann. The movie was made the same year as Scarface, which is widely acknowledged to be the director's best film of the early sound era. The general storyline was repeated several times in subsequent films, most notably Manpower with Marlene Dietrich and George Raft, in which Robinson plays the same role, only as a power line worker.
The film's leading lady, Zita Johann, is best known for her role opposite Boris Karloff in Karl Freund's The Mummy that same year.
Usage examples of "tiger shark".
There were sharks every day, mainly makos and blue sharks, but also oceanic whitetips, and once a tiger shark straight from the blackest of nightmares.
Hal he called to Tiger Shark, Hal And the big animal plunged forward under him.
This one was about twelve feet long and, from its marking, was surely a tiger shark, one of the flesh eaters.
A large tiger shark wriggled into the sinking boat and chased the inhabitants into the arms of waiting locathah.
It was said that he had received, with great promptness, the foot-wide jaws of a tiger shark, with an apologetic note saying that these were the only unwanted teeth that an extensive search had been able to find off Bondi Beach.
WHEN FRANKLIN FIRST saw Indra Langenburg she was covered with blood up to her elbows and was busily hacking away at the entrails of a ten-foot tiger shark she had just disemboweled.
The left went first, dropping straight down as his strength gave way and he screamed as his foot disappeared into the maw of a Tiger shark that had turned up for the feast.
A Hammerhead or a Tiger Shark, he guessed, with their sharper reactions.
Now they put her in mind, not of an abused child, but a tiger shark.
A tiger shark produces and sheds 24,000 teeth in ten years, a blue shark can travel at over forty miles an hour, a mako shark will sometimes chase boats and jump on board.
Then a black object appeared, which at first glance resembled the dorsal fin of a tiger shark cutting its way through the water.
The tiger shark kept disappearing and then coming back again, moving with increasing speed on each pass, as if making up its mind about something.
The doctor glared at Takkata-Jim as she would look at a tiger shark.