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Noun: white-tipped shark
  1. Large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin; worldwide distribution; most dangerous shark
    - whitetip shark, oceanic whitetip shark, Carcharinus longimanus

Derived forms: white-tipped sharks

Type of: requiem shark

Part of: Carcharhinus, genus Carcharhinus

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