WHITETIP SHARK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whitetip shark mean? 

• WHITETIP SHARK (noun)
  The noun WHITETIP SHARK has 2 senses:

1. smooth dogfish of Pacific and Indian Oceans and Red Sea having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins

2. large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin; worldwide distribution; most dangerous shark

  Familiarity information: WHITETIP SHARK used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITETIP SHARK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Smooth dogfish of Pacific and Indian Oceans and Red Sea having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

reef whitetip shark; Triaenodon obseus; whitetip shark

Hypernyms ("whitetip shark" is a kind of...):

smooth dogfish (small bottom-dwelling shark found along both Atlantic coasts)

Holonyms ("whitetip shark" is a member of...):

genus Triaenodon; Triaenodon (a genus of Triakidae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin; worldwide distribution; most dangerous shark

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Carcharinus longimanus; oceanic whitetip shark; white-tipped shark; whitetip shark

Hypernyms ("whitetip shark" is a kind of...):

requiem shark (any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species)

Holonyms ("whitetip shark" is a member of...):

Carcharhinus; genus Carcharhinus (type genus of the Carcharhinidae)