HyperDic: white-tipped_shark

English > 1 sense of the expression white-tipped shark:
NOUNanimalwhite-tipped shark, whitetip shark, oceanic whitetip shark, Carcharinus longimanuslarge deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin
English > white-tipped shark: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninglarge deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin; worldwide / worldwide distribution; most dangerous shark.
Synonymswhitetip shark, oceanic whitetip shark, Carcharinus longimanus
Member ofCarcharhinus, genus Carcharhinustype genus of the Carcharhinidae
Broaderrequiem sharkAny of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species
Spanishtiburón oceánico

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