great white

English

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -aɪt

Noun

great white (plural great whites)

  1. Ellipsis of great white shark.
    • 2001, Thomas B. Allen, Shark Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance, page 5:
      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.
    • 2004, Louise Gikow, chapter 8, in Shark Tale: The Movie Novel, New York, N.Y.: Scholastic Inc., →ISBN:
      “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.
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