"ground shark" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ground sharks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ground shark (plural ground sharks)
  1. Any member of the order Carcharhiniformes, the largest order of sharks with over 270 species. Synonyms (Carcharhiniformes): whaler shark Translations (member of Carcharhiniformes): luomihaikala (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-ground_shark-en-noun-NRyWRA4A Disambiguation of 'Carcharhiniformes': 81 19 0 Disambiguation of 'member of Carcharhiniformes': 80 20 0
  2. A Greenland shark, Somniosus microcephalus. Categories (lifeform): Sharks
    Sense id: en-ground_shark-en-noun-BiDNVkRC Disambiguation of Sharks: 33 55 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 74 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 76 3 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 23 73 4
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ground, shark.
    Sense id: en-ground_shark-en-noun-Bt~g9k1e

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