Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun whitetip_shark

2 senses of whitetip shark

Sense 1
whitetip shark, reef whitetip shark, Triaenodon obseus -- (smooth dogfish of Pacific and Indian Oceans and Red Sea having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins)
       => smooth dogfish -- (small bottom-dwelling shark found along both Atlantic coasts)

Sense 2
whitetip shark, oceanic whitetip shark, white-tipped shark, Carcharinus longimanus -- (large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin; worldwide distribution; most dangerous shark)
       => requiem shark -- (any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species)