whitetip shark

English Thesaurus

1. large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin; worldwide distribution; most dangerous shark (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	requiem shark,
definition	:	any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	carcharhinus, genus carcharhinus,
definition	:	type genus of the Carcharhinidae (noun.animal)

2. smooth dogfish of Pacific and Indian Oceans and Red Sea having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	smooth dogfish,
definition	:	small bottom-dwelling shark found along both Atlantic coasts (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus triaenodon, triaenodon,
definition	:	a genus of Triakidae (noun.animal)