Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sandbar_shark

2 senses of sandbar shark

Sense 1
blacktip shark, sandbar shark, Carcharhinus limbatus -- (widely distributed shallow-water shark with fins seemingly dipped in ink)
       => requiem shark -- (any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species)

Sense 2
sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus -- (most common grey shark along coasts of middle Atlantic states; sluggish and occasionally caught by fishermen)
       => requiem shark -- (any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species)