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

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

1. Also called reef whitetip shark. a smooth dogfish, Triaenodon obseus, having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins and occurring inshore among the reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans and the Red Sea.

2. Also called oceanic whitetip shark. a large, predominantly tropical deepwater shark, Carcharhinus longimanus, inhabiting Atlantic and Pacific waters: considered to be the most dangerous of all sharks.

Also, white-tipped shark.

[WHITE + TIP¹]