whitetip shark

whitetip shark
noun
1. large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin; worldwide distribution; most dangerous shark
• Hypernyms: ↑requiem shark
• Member Holonyms: ↑Carcharhinus, ↑genus Carcharhinus
2. smooth dogfish of Pacific and Indian Oceans and Red Sea having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins
• Hypernyms: ↑smooth dogfish
• Member Holonyms: ↑Triaenodon, ↑genus Triaenodon

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/hwuyt"tip', wuyt"-/
1. Also called reef whitetip shark. a smooth dogfish, Triaenodon obseus, having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins and occurring inshore among the reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans and the Red Sea.
2. Also called oceanic whitetip shark. a large, predominantly tropical deepwater shark, Carcharhinus longimanus, inhabiting Atlantic and Pacific waters: considered to be the most dangerous of all sharks.
[WHITE + TIP1]

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  • reef whitetip shark — noun smooth dogfish of Pacific and Indian Oceans and Red Sea having white tipped dorsal and caudal fins • Syn: ↑whitetip shark, ↑Triaenodon obseus • Hypernyms: ↑smooth dogfish • Member Holonyms: ↑Triaenodon, ↑genus Triaenodon …   Useful english dictionary

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