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great white en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of great white shark.
    • “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:
    • 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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