NOUN | animal | Rhincodon typus, whale shark | large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide / worldwide |
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Meaning | large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide / worldwide; resembles a whale and feeds chiefly on plankton. | |
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Synonym | whale shark | |
Member of | Rhincodon, genus Rhincodon | whale sharks |
Broader | shark | Any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales |
Spanish | tiburón ballena | |
Catalan | Rhincodon typus, tauró balena |
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