WHALE SHARK

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Meaning:

Large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide; resembles a whale and feeds chiefly on plankton

Synonyms:

Rhincodon typus; whale shark

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Nouns denoting animals

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

shark (any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales)

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

genus Rhincodon; Rhincodon (whale sharks)

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