WHITE-TIPPED SHARK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white-tipped shark mean? 

• WHITE-TIPPED SHARK (noun)
  The noun WHITE-TIPPED SHARK has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: WHITE-TIPPED SHARK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITE-TIPPED SHARK (noun)

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Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("white-tipped 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 ("white-tipped shark" is a member of...):

Carcharhinus; genus Carcharhinus (type genus of the Carcharhinidae)