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Basking Shark

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Noun

1. basking shark, cetorhinus maximus

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

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Basking Shark

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noun
a very large plankton-eating shark, Cetorhinus maximus, often floating at the sea surface: family Cetorhinidae
. Also called: sailfish

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Basking Shark

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any of a family (Cetorhinidae) of plankton-eating giant sharks (order Lamniformes) with small, weak teeth: often found feeding along the surface in northern seas

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Basking Shark

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n.
A very large shark (Cetorhinus maximus) that measures up to about 12 meters (40 feet) in length, feeds on plankton, and often floats near the surface of the water.

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