Genus Carcharodon (Noun)
Meaning
Man-eating sharks.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Man-eating sharks belong to the genus Carcharodon, with species like the great white shark and the extinct megalodon.
- Several fossil species have been attributed to the genus Carcharodon, many of which were large man-eating sharks.
- Of all the species in the genus Carcharodon, the great white shark is one of the few that are still known to be man-eating.
- Experts suggest that species of the genus Carcharodon evolved into formidable man-eating sharks during the Cenozoic Era.
- Megalodon, an extinct species in the genus Carcharodon, was considered one of the largest man-eating sharks in Earth's history.