blacktip shark

[ blak-tip ]

/ ˈblækˌtɪp /

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noun

a widely distributed sand shark, Charcharinus limbatus, having fins that appear to have been dipped in ink, inhabiting shallow waters of warm seas.

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Porter was convicted and shortly after sentenced to death by a judge who compared him to a shark in a feeding frenzy.
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Her downfall came about, because for a second she forgot that to swim in the shark pool, you have to always act like a shark.
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For humans, Shark Week is just a once-a-year sweeps event for the Discovery Channel.
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However, for sharks—and Tracy Jordan—every week is Shark Week.
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Worse, she obsesses over this with all of the friends and then tries to incorporate shark imagery into their sex life.
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A shark was also taken, eleven feet long; and many curious specimens of crustacea and medusa were obtained by the towing-net.
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This engaging rascal is found helping a young cricket player out of the toils of a money shark.
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Since their desperate dive into the sea, and the adventure with the shark, the two darkeys and the orphan had become fast friends.
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“If we do,” I said, and I pointed with a thrill of horror to the fin of the shark as its wicked eye glanced up at us.
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What would have been his fate, however, had the monster of a shark we saw been near at hand at the moment he fell overboard!
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