blacktip shark

blacktip shark
noun
widely distributed shallow-water shark with fins seemingly dipped in ink
Hypernyms: ↑requiem shark
Member Holonyms: ↑Carcharhinus, ↑genus Carcharhinus

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noun or black-tipped shark \\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷-\
: a small grayish shark (Carcharias limbatus) with black-tipped fins that is widely distributed in warm seas

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/blak"tip'/
a widely distributed sand shark, Charcharinus limbatus, having fins that appear to have been dipped in ink, inhabiting shallow waters of warm seas.

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