REEF WHITETIP SHARK

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Meaning:

Smooth dogfish of Pacific and Indian Oceans and Red Sea having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins

Synonyms:

reef whitetip shark; Triaenodon obseus; whitetip shark

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("reef whitetip shark" is a kind of...):

smooth dogfish (small bottom-dwelling shark found along both Atlantic coasts)

Holonyms ("reef whitetip shark" is a member of...):

genus Triaenodon; Triaenodon (a genus of Triakidae)