OCEANIC WHITETIP SHARK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oceanic whitetip shark mean? 

• OCEANIC WHITETIP SHARK (noun)
  The noun OCEANIC WHITETIP SHARK has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OCEANIC WHITETIP SHARK (noun)

Sense 1

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

Carcharhinus; genus Carcharhinus (type genus of the Carcharhinidae)