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Basking shark   /bˈæskɪŋ ʃɑrk/   Listen
Basking shark

noun
1.
Large harmless plankton-eating northern shark; often swims slowly or floats at the sea surface.  Synonym: Cetorhinus maximus.





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"Basking shark" Quotes from Famous Books



... taken for the sake of their oil, of which they yield such a quantity that "shark's oil" is now a recognised export. A trade also exists in drying their fins, and from the gelatine contained in them, they find a ready market in China, to which the skin of the basking shark is also sent;—it is said to be there converted ...
— Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and • James Emerson Tennent


Words linked to "Basking shark" :   Cetorhinus maximus, Cetorhinus, mackerel shark, genus Cetorhinus


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