noun
widely distributed shallow-water shark with fins seemingly dipped in ink
• Syn: ↑sandbar shark, ↑Carcharhinus limbatus
• Hypernyms: ↑requiem shark
• Member Holonyms: ↑Carcharhinus, ↑genus Carcharhinus
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noun or black-tipped shark \\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷-\ : a small grayish shark (Carcharias limbatus) with black-tipped fins that is widely distributed in warm seas
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/blak"tip'/
a widely distributed sand shark, Charcharinus limbatus, having fins that appear to have been dipped in ink, inhabiting shallow waters of warm seas.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.