WHALE SHARK

Meaning of WHALE SHARK in English

a tropical shark, Rhincodon typus, ranging in size from 30 to 60 ft. (9 to 18 m), having small teeth and a sievelike structure over its gills for catching plankton.

[ 1880-85 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

WHALE SHARK — noun Date: circa 1885 a shark ( Rhincodon typus ) of warm waters that has small teeth, feeds chiefly on …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WHALE SHARK — Species ( Rhincodon typus ) of gigantic but harmless shark found worldwide but mainly in the tropics. The largest of …
Английский словарь Британика
WHALE SHARK — noun : a harmless shark ( Rhincodon typus ) found in all tropical waters, reaching a length of 45 feet, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHALE SHARK — Date: circa 1885 : a shark ( Rhincodon typus ) of warm waters that has small teeth, feeds chiefly on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHALE SHARK — Function: noun Date: circa 1885 : a shark ( Rhincodon typus ) of warm waters that has small teeth, feeds …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WHALE SHARK — ■ noun a very large tropical shark which feeds chiefly on plankton, the largest known fish. [ Rhincodon typus .]
Concise Oxford English vocab
WHALE SHARK — [whale shark] n (ca. 1885): a shark (Rhincodon typus) of warm waters that has small teeth, feeds chiefly on plankton …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WHALE SHARK — Whale shark (Rhincodon typus). (Rhincodon typus), gigantic but harmless shark (family Rhincodontidae) found worldwide but mainly in the tropics. The …
Britannica English vocabulary
WHALE SHARK — Species ( Rhincodon typus ) of gigantic but harmless shark found worldwide but mainly in the tropics. The largest of …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WHALE SHARK — китовая акула (Rhincodon typus)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WHALE SHARK — Китовая акула
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
WHALE SHARK — китовая акула ( Rhincodon typus )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WHALE SHARK — китовая акула ( Rhincodon typus )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
WHALE SHARK — китовая акула ( Rhincodon typus )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WHALE SHARK — китовая акула (Rhiniodon); pl китовые акулы (Rhiniodontidae)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
WHALE SHARK — китовая акула ( Rhiniodon ) ; pl китовые акулы ( Rhiniodontidae )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
WHALE SHARK — китовая акула (Rhincodon typus)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WHALE — I Any of dozens of species of exclusively aquatic mammal s found in oceans, seas, rivers, and estuaries worldwide but …
Английский словарь Британика
SHARK — I Any of more than 300 species of predatory cartilaginous fish (order Selachii). An ancient animal, it has changed little …
Английский словарь Британика
WHALE — I. ˈhwāl, esp before pause or consonant -āəl; also ˈwā- noun ( plural whale or whales ) Usage: often attributive …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHARK — I. ˈshärk, ˈshȧk noun ( -s ) Etymology: origin unknown 1. a. : any of numerous elasmobranch fishes that conform …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHARK — (v. t. & i.) Trickery; fraud; petty rapine; as, to live upon the shark.
Английский словарь Webster
SHARK — ( v. t. & i. ) Trickery; fraud; petty rapine; as, to live upon the shark.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WHALE — whale 1 /hwayl, wayl/ , n. , pl. whales , ( esp. collectively ) whale , v. , whaled, whaling …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHARK — shark 1 — sharklike , adj. /shahrk/ , n. any of a group of elongate elasmobranch, mostly marine fishes, certain …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHALE — I. ˈhwāl, ˈwāl noun ( plural whales ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwæl; akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHARK — I. ˈshärk noun Etymology: Middle English Date: 15th century : any of numerous mostly marine cartilaginous fishes of medium to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHARK — vi to live by shifts and stratagems. 2. shark ·vt to pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly. 3. shark ·vt …
Webster English vocab
WHALE — [whale] n, pl whales often attrib [ME, fr. OE hwael; akin to OHG hwal whale and perh. to L squalus …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHARK — [shark] n [ME] (15c): any of numerous mostly marine cartilaginous fishes of medium to large size that have a fusiform …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WHALE — any of several species of exclusively aquatic mammals who, along with the porpoises and dolphins, constitute the order Cetacea (see …
Britannica English vocabulary
SHARK — shark BrE AmE ʃɑːk AmE ʃɑːrk ▷ sharks ʃɑːks AmE ʃɑːrks
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WHALE — / weɪl; NAmE / noun a very large animal that lives in the sea and looks like a very large …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHARK — / ʃɑːk; NAmE ʃɑːrk/ noun 1. a large sea fish with very sharp teeth and a pointed fin on its …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHALE — I. whale 1 /weɪl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: hwæl ] 1 . a very …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHARK — shark /ʃɑːk $ ʃɑːrk/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Sense 1: Date: 1400-1500 ; Origin: Origin unknown. ] [ Sense …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHALE — n. (pl. same or whales) any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, having a streamlined body and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHARK — n. colloq. a person who unscrupulously exploits or swindles others. [16th c.: orig. perh. f. G Schurke worthless rogue: infl. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WHALE — n. (pl. same or whales) any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, having a streamlined body and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHARK — n. colloq. a person who unscrupulously exploits or swindles others. [ 16th c.: orig. perh. f. G Schurke worthless rogue: …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WHALE — 1. n. (pl. same or whales) any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, having a streamlined body …
Oxford English vocab
WHALE — ( whales) 1. Whales are very large mammals that live in the sea. N-COUNT see also killer whale , sperm …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHARK — ( sharks) Note: The form 'shark' can also be used as the plural form for meaning 1. 1. A shark …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHALE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHARK — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES loan shark COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE great ▪ But with them comes the threat …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WHALE — [noun] [C] - a very large sea mammalIf you have a whale of a time you enjoy yourself very much.We …
Cambridge English vocab
SHARK — [noun] [C] [plural] shark or sharks - a very large fish that has sharp teeth and a vertical triangular part …
Cambridge English vocab
WHALE — n. white whale baleen whale blue whale fin whale razorback whale finback whale humpback whale killer whale pilot whale right …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SHARK — n. basking shark great white shark white shark hammerhead shark mackerel shark mako shark nurse shark sand shark thresher shark …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SHARK — n. Any of more than 300 species of predatory cartilaginous fish (order Selachii). An ancient animal, it has changed little …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SHARK — Synonyms and related words : Admirable Crichton, Loch Ness monster, Reptilia, adept, alevin, animal, anthropophagite, artisan, artist, attache, authority, barbarian, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WHALE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ beached , stranded ( esp. BrE ) … OF WHALES ▪ pod , school VERB + WHALE ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SHARK — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ killer , man-eating SHARK + VERB ▪ attack sb ▪ bite sb ▪ feed ▪ circle ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WHALE — As to the signification of the Hebrew terms tan and tannin, variously rendered in the Authorized Version by "dragon," "whale," …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
WHALE — I 1. сущ. 1) кит to harpoon a whale ≈ забить кита гарпуном blue whale ≈ голубой кит white whale …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WHALE — whale.ogg _I 1. weıl n 1. зоол. кит ( Cetacea ) bull whale - кит-самец cow whale - самка кита …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SHARK — shark.ogg 1. ʃɑ:k n 1. 1> акула 2> хищник financial sharks - биржевые акулы 2. шулер; мошенник; вымогатель 3. спекулянт …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WHALE — I whale сущ.1) зоол. кит to harpoon a whale — забить кита гарпуном white whale — белый кит grey whale …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WHALE — _I 1. weıl n 1. зоол. кит ( Cetacea ) bull whale - кит-самец cow whale - самка кита whale …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SHARK — 1. ʃɑ:k n 1. 1> акула 2> хищник financial sharks - биржевые акулы 2. шулер; мошенник; вымогатель 3. спекулянт land …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WHALE — I weɪl 1. сущ. 1) зоол. кит to harpoon a whale — забить кита гарпуном white whale — белый кит …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WHALE — I [¦ўЎ®] whale.wav 1. сущ. 1) зоол. кит to harpoon a whale — забить кита гарпуном white whale — белый кит grey whale — серый …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
WHALE — кит; pl китообразные (Cetacea) - Arctic right whale - Arctic whale - Arnoux's beaked whale - Atlantic beaked whale - Atlantic right whale - Baird's beaked …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
SHARK — 1) акула 2) энт. капюшонница (Cucullia) • - alligator shark - angel shark - bamboo sharks - banjo shark - barbeled hound shark - basking shark - black shark - …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии

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