basking shark
Noun
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Noun
basking shark (plural basking sharks)
- A very large shark, Cetorhinus maximus, that feeds at or close to the surface by filtering plankton from the water and is found in all the world's temperate oceans.
- French: requin pèlerin
- German: Riesenhai
- Italian: squalo elefante, squalo cetorino
- Portuguese: tubarão-frade, tubarão-peregrino
- Russian: гига́нтская аку́ла
- Spanish: tiburón peregrino
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