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whale shark
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whale shark
n.
A very large shark (Rhincodon typus) of warm marine waters, having a spotted body, small teeth, and a network of rakelike sieves extending from its gills for straining plankton from the water.
whale shark
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large spotted whalelike shark, Rhincodon typus, of warm seas, that feeds on plankton and small animals: family Rhincodontidae
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Noun1.whale shark - large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwidewhale shark - large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide; resembles a whale and feeds chiefly on plankton
Rhincodon typus
shark - any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
genus Rhincodon, Rhincodon - whale sharks
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