lemon shark

/ˌlɛmən ʃɑrk/
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Definitions of lemon shark
  1. noun
    common shallow-water schooling shark of the Atlantic from North Carolina to Brazil and off west Africa; dangerous
    synonyms: Negaprion brevirostris
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    type of:
    requiem shark
    any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species
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