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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.
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Noun1.whale sharkwhale 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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