BASKING SHARK

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Meaning:

Large harmless plankton-eating northern shark; often swims slowly or floats at the sea surface

Synonyms:

basking shark; Cetorhinus maximus

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("basking shark" is a kind of...):

mackerel shark (fierce pelagic and oceanic sharks)

Holonyms ("basking shark" is a member of...):

Cetorhinus; genus Cetorhinus (comprising only the basking sharks; in some classifications considered the type genus of a separate family Cetorhinidae)

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