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RHINCODON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Rhincodon mean?
• RHINCODON (noun)
The noun RHINCODON has 1 sense:
1. whale sharks
Familiarity information: RHINCODON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Whale sharks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Rhincodon; Rhincodon
Hypernyms ("Rhincodon" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Rhincodon"):
Rhincodon typus; whale shark (large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide; resembles a whale and feeds chiefly on plankton)
Holonyms ("Rhincodon" is a member of...):
family Rhincodontidae; Rhincodontidae (small-toothed sharks comprising only one species)
Context examples
According to the researchers, Whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, listed as endangered under the IUCN Red List, do feed in the open ocean, but juveniles tend to form large groups in only about 20 to 25 specific places around the coasts of Mexico, Belize, the Maldives, and Australia, which previous research has not explained.
(New study of endangered whale shark youth shows vital habitat similarities, Wikinews)
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