Definitions for whale shark
whale shark

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1. whale shark, Rhincodon typusnoun

   large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide; resembles a whale and feeds chiefly on plankton

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1. whale sharknoun

   A very large spotted shark, Rhincodon typus, of warm marine waters, similar to a whale, that feeds by filtering plankton from the water.

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1. whale shark

   A whale shark is a slow-moving, filter-feeding carpet shark and the largest known extant fish species. It has a broad, flat head, a mouth at the very front of the head, small eyes, five large gill slits, two dorsal fins on its back, and two pectoral fins on its sides. The shark is known for its pattern of white spots and stripes, which provide a unique identifier for individuals, similar to fingerprints in humans. They typically feed on plankton, small fish, and squid, and are found in open waters of the tropical oceans. Despite their large size, whale sharks do not pose any significant danger to humans.

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1. Whale shark

   The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is a slow-moving filter feeding shark and the largest known extant fish species. The largest confirmed individual had a length of 12.65 meters and a weight of more than 21.5 metric tons, and there are unconfirmed reports of considerably larger whale sharks. Claims of individuals over 14 meters long and weighing at least 30 metric tons are not uncommon. The whale shark holds many records for sheer size in the animal kingdom, most notably being by far the largest living non-mammalian vertebrate, rivaling many of the largest dinosaurs in weight. It is the sole member of the genus Rhincodon and the family, Rhincodontidae, which belongs to the subclass Elasmobranchii in the class Chondrichthyes. The species originated approximately 60 million years ago. The whale shark is found in tropical and warm oceans and lives in the open sea with a lifespan of about 70 years. Although whale sharks have very large mouths, as filter feeders they feed mainly, though not exclusively, on plankton, which are microscopic plants and animals. However, the BBC program Planet Earth filmed a whale shark feeding on a school of small fish. The same documentary showed footage of a whale shark timing its arrival to coincide with the mass spawning of fish shoals and feeding on the resultant clouds of eggs and sperm.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of whale shark in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of whale shark in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of whale shark in a Sentence

1. George Burgess:

   We still dont know what the mating behavior of a mature female would be, but its one step forward in our understanding of whale shark reproductive biology.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Whale_Shark
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4. ^ Wikidata
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