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RHINCODON TYPUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide; resembles a whale and feeds chiefly on plankton
Synonyms:
Rhincodon typus; whale shark
Classified under:
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)
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