whale shark en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /weɪl.ʃɑːk/
- (Southern-England) audio
- /weɪ.əl.ʃɑːk/ pre-l breaking
Meanings
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A very large spotted shark, Rhincodon typus, of warm marine waters, similar to a whale, that feeds by filtering plankton from the water.
The largest fish in the world is a shark. It is a harmless plankton eater, and its name, whale shark has been confusing people for years.
1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 42:
Forms
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Translations (37)
mn ᠬᠠᠯᠢᠮᠤᠨ ᠠᠪᠤᠷᠭᠤ ᠵᠢᠭᠠᠰᠤ (Rhincodon typus) · el φαλαινοκαρχαρίας (Rhincodon typus) · ru кито́вая аку́ла (Rhincodon typus) · ko 고래상어 (Rhincodon typus) · es tiburón ballena (Rhincodon typus) · cy morgi morfilaidd (Rhincodon typus) · nv łóóʼntsxaaí łikizhígíí (Rhincodon typus) · dv ފެހުރިހި (Rhincodon typus) · nl walvishaai (Rhincodon typus) · nn kvalhai (Rhincodon typus) · fi valashai (Rhincodon typus) · gl tiburón balea (Rhincodon typus) · mg marokintana (Rhincodon typus) · pl rekin wielorybi (Rhincodon typus) · bg к акула (Rhincodon typus) · ceb butanding (Rhincodon typus) · nb hvalhai (Rhincodon typus) · tl isdangtuko (Rhincodon typus) · th ฉลามวาฬ (Rhincodon typus) · sv valhaj (Rhincodon typus) · pt tubarão-baleia (Rhincodon typus) · nb kvalhai (Rhincodon typus) · tl butanding (Rhincodon typus) · de Walhai (Rhincodon typus) · bcl butanding (Rhincodon typus) · fr requin-baleine (Rhincodon typus) · mn халиман аварга загас (Rhincodon typus) · mn халиман дулан (Rhincodon typus) · ja 甚兵衛鮫 (Rhincodon typus) · ca tauró balena (Rhincodon typus) · mn ᠬᠠᠯᠢᠮᠤᠨ ᠳᠤᠯᠠᠨ (Rhincodon typus) · ga míolsiorc (Rhincodon typus) · it squalo balena (Rhincodon typus) · hu cetcápa (Rhincodon typus) · cmn 鯨鯊 /鲸鲨 (Rhincodon typus) · tr balina köpek balığı (Rhincodon typus) · da hvalhaj (Rhincodon typus)