WHITETIP SHARK


Meaning of WHITETIP SHARK in English

/hwuyt"tip', wuyt"-/

1. Also called reef whitetip shark . a smooth dogfish, Triaenodon obseus, having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins and occurring inshore among the reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans and the Red Sea.

2. Also called oceanic whitetip shark . a large, predominantly tropical deepwater shark, Carcharhinus longimanus, inhabiting Atlantic and Pacific waters: considered to be the most dangerous of all sharks.

Also, white-tipped shark .

[ WHITE + TIP 1 ]

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