RHINCODON TYPUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rhincodon typus mean? 

• RHINCODON TYPUS (noun)
  The noun RHINCODON TYPUS has 1 sense:

1. large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide; resembles a whale and feeds chiefly on plankton

  Familiarity information: RHINCODON TYPUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RHINCODON TYPUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide; resembles a whale and feeds chiefly on plankton

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Rhincodon typus; whale shark

Hypernyms ("Rhincodon typus" is a kind of...):

shark (any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales)

Holonyms ("Rhincodon typus" is a member of...):

genus Rhincodon; Rhincodon (whale sharks)

 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)