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Noun: sandbar shark
  1. Widely distributed shallow-water shark with fins seemingly dipped in ink
    - blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus
     
  2. Most common grey shark along coasts of middle Atlantic states; sluggish and occasionally caught by fishermen
    - Carcharhinus plumbeus

Derived forms: sandbar sharks

Type of: requiem shark

Part of: Carcharhinus, genus Carcharhinus

Encyclopedia: Sandbar shark