HyperDic: rhincodon_typus

English > 1 sense of the expression Rhincodon typus:
NOUNanimalRhincodon typus, whale sharklarge spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide / worldwide
English > Rhincodon typus: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninglarge spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide / worldwide; resembles a whale and feeds chiefly on plankton.
Synonymwhale shark
Member ofRhincodon, genus Rhincodonwhale sharks
BroadersharkAny of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
Spanishtiburón ballena
CatalanRhincodon typus, tauró balena

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