From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Carcharodon \Carcharodon\ prop. n. A genus of sharks including man-eating sharks, such as the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias. Syn: genus Carcharodon. [WordNet 1.5]From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
Carcharodon n 1: man-eating sharks [syn: Carcharodon, genus Carcharodon]