noun

• 1A voracious brown-spotted shark of tropical Atlantic waters.

  Odontaspis taurus, family Odontaspididae

  ‘We hooked much bigger fish than we landed and I think sharks are a possibility here, probably hammerheads and sand sharks.’

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  • ‘A fourteen-year-old girl who had a chunk taken from her foot and leg while swimming in the Atlantic apparently was attacked by a sand shark, authorities said.’

  1. 1.1Any of a number of mainly harmless rays, dogfish, and sharks found in shallow coastal waters.
     ‘It's amazing what comes up in those traps besides lobster - sculpin, dogfish (northern sand sharks), hermit crabs, seaweed, and scallop weed (also known as lemon weed).’
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     • ‘Sandy bottom has sand sharks, bat rays, sting rays, corbina, angel sharks, sole, turbot, tube anemones, and clams.’