whitetip shark
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Also called reef whitetip shark. a smooth dogfish, Triaenodon obseus, having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins and occurring inshore among the reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans and the Red Sea.
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Also called oceanic whitetip shark. a large, predominantly tropical deepwater shark, Carcharhinus longimanus, inhabiting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans: considered to be the most dangerous of all sharks.
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Origin of whitetip shark
Example Sentences
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Friday's decisions move whale sharks, manta rays and devil rays onto Appendix I after countries on Thursday did the same for the critically endangered oceanic whitetip shark.
From Barron's • Nov. 28, 2025
Not long ago, while snorkeling in his lagoon, he punched a marauding whitetip shark in the snout.
From Time Magazine Archive
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