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whale shark

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.

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whale 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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