whitetip shark

Noun

• large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin; worldwide distribution; most dangerous shark

• smooth dogfish of Pacific and Indian Oceans and Red Sea having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  oceanic whitetip shark , white-tipped shark , Carcharinus longimanus , reef whitetip shark , Triaenodon obseus