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silvertip

[sil-ver-tip]

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Word History and Origins

Origin of silvertip1

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; silver + tip 1
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Example Sentences

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Snowy Pines has been serving Southern California for 45 years and carries noble, Nordmann, grand and Douglas firs as well as silvertips.

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One study tracked grey reef and silvertip sharks in a protected area of the British Indian Ocean Territory, to see how they move around the oceans.

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But it doesn’t end there — other sharks regularly seen at Cocos include blacktips, Galapagos sharks, silvertip sharks, tiger sharks and the occasional whale shark.

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The biggest silvertip grizzly I ever knew in Montana weighed nine hundred pounds.

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The wolf family returned to a kill to find a great silvertip feeding there.

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