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CARCHARINUS LONGIMANUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin; worldwide distribution; most dangerous shark
Synonyms:
Carcharinus longimanus; oceanic whitetip shark; white-tipped shark; whitetip shark
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Carcharinus longimanus" is a kind of...):
requiem shark (any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species)
Holonyms ("Carcharinus longimanus" is a member of...):
Carcharhinus; genus Carcharhinus (type genus of the Carcharhinidae)
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