great white

A form of great white shark — A large shark, Carcharodon carcharias, of coastal surface waters in all major oceans that feeds on fish and marine mammals.

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Meanings

noungreat white (plural great whites)

plural great whites

  1. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of great white shark.

    McHenry had been pilloried as an enemy of sharkdom after he had caught four large great whites at the Farallons in a single day in 1982.

    2001, Thomas B. Allen, Shark Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance, page 5
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    “Okay. Sharkslayer declares this is a shark-free zone. Patrol’s over. Back to the party!” Oscar was just about to swim away when a shadow passed overhead. He looked up. Above him were two great whites.

    2004, Louise Gikow, chapter 8, in Shark Tale: The Movie Novel, New York, N.Y.: Scholastic Inc., →ISBN

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
great white sharkwhite pointer

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

great white. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great%20white

MLA

“great white.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great%20white. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “great white,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great%20white.

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